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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 78/100. Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 1,390 1990s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic78/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
317 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew BergmanDirector
- David NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew BergmanScreenplay
Cast
- Marlon BrandoCarmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan
- Matthew BroderickClark Kellogg
- Bruno KirbyVictor Ray
- Penelope Ann MillerTina Sabatini
- Frank WhaleySteve Bushak
- Jon PolitoChuck Greenwald
- Kenneth WelshDwight Armstrong
- Richard GantLloyd Simpson
- Jefferson MappinHunter
- Maximilian SchellLarry London
- Paul BenedictArthur Fleeber
- BD WongEdward
Stills
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Themes
movie businessaffectionspoofdinnergodfatherimportervermonterrand boymenukomodo dragon
The Best Movies of 1990
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