The read
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.
Ratings
IMDb4.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes18%
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- James MelkonianDirector
- Ira NewbornOriginal Music Composer
- Rich WilkesWriter
Cast
- John G. BrennanHimself / Frank 'Rubberneck' Rizzo
- Kamal AhmedKamal
- Alan ArkinErnie Lazarro
- William HickeyDon 'Uncle Freddy' Frederico
- Vincent PastoreTony Scarboni
- Alan NorthMicky Crump
- Suzanne ShepherdMrs. B
- Ozzy OsbourneBand Manager
- Brad SullivanDetective Robert Worzic
- James LorinzBrett Weir
- Brian TarantinaGeno
- Peter AppelSonny