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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, Metacritic 67/100. Scores higher than 77% of the 930 2000s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic67/100
354 audience votes
Key crew
- Dito MontielDirector
- Jonathan EliasOriginal Music Composer
- Dito MontielWriter
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr.Dito
- Shia LaBeoufYoung Dito
- Chazz PalminteriMonty
- Dianne WiestDito's Mother
- Channing TatumYoung Antonio
- Melonie DíazYoung Laurie
- Martin CompstonMike O'Shea
- Eric RobertsAntonio
- Rosario DawsonLaurie
- Olga MeredizAunt Mary
- Adam ScarimboloGuiseppe
- Laila Liliana GarroDiane
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Themes
authorretrospectivestreet lifechildhooddeath of friendaimless youth
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