The read
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
After growing up poor in Salmonella, Vincenzo Cortino installs himself as the preeminent, if bumbling, Mafia don of the New World. But now he must pass on power to one of his two sons: either level-headed veteran Anthony or vituperative loose cannon Joey.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes15%
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
227 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim AbrahamsDirector
- Jim AbrahamsScreenplay
- John FrizzellOriginal Music Composer
- Greg NorbergScreenplay
- Michael McManusScreenplay
Cast
- Jay MohrAnthony Cortino
- Billy BurkeJoey Cortino
- Christina ApplegateDiane Steen
- Pamela GidleyPepper Gianini
- Olympia DukakisSophia
- Lloyd BridgesVincenzo Cortino
- Jason FuchsYoung Vincenzo
- Joe ViterelliClamato
- Tony Lo BiancoMarzoni
- Blake HammondFatso Paulie Orsatti
- Philip SurianoFrankie Totino
- Vincent PastoreGorgoni