The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to have to buy a ticket to the plush new movie theater. But grandpa's not ready to pass on the quarter or pass on to his final reward: he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past, and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
69 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph StefanoWriter
- James FoleyDirector
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jerry BaroneGennaro Spirito
- Al PacinoGitano Sabatoni
- Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioLuisa Spirito
- Joe GrifasiUncle Joe
- Geoff PiersonDr. Wilson
- Patrick BorrielloTullio
- Andy RomanoDr. Bruna
- Donna MitchellMrs. Bruna
- Mary TestaHousewife
- Joey PerilloReplacement Ballyhoo Driver
- Alec BaldwinNarrator
- Ron McLartyIrish