Prizzi's Honor
by John Huston
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Actor: Jack Nicholson, John Randolph, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, William HickeyDirector: John Huston
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Prizzi's Honor
Movie Review: Amazingly weak considering the talent
Summary: 3 Stars
I remembered this being good, but those were rose-tinted lenses. The script is lame, all the "mafia" folks are anything but Sicilian (laughably so), Jack is definitely no Italian and not even very convincing in this role (he's just not a tough guy, deep down), and how did Angelica get an Oscar for this? She's barely ok, and her father's direction is some of the worst of his mostly splendid career.
This whole film just feels weak and flaccid. It might be meant to be a joke but it's almost never that funny, not very dramatic, and basically just flat. I wanted to like it but facts is facts. I've no idea why it seems so good to so many. Rose lenses as well? Have they seen GoodFellas, Casino, or the Godfather? THOSE are real mob flicks, black humor and all. THIS is some weird mishmash that just never gets off the ground. All the plot twists add up to little suspense. And some of the looping (voice dubbing) is simply horrible! It's like a bad 70s tv show at times.
There are some amusing moments and Jack is never all bad, but his chemistry with Turner is weak, and she seems very poor up against Jack's aura (even when he's weak he's a star, some guys just got it).
I love Jack and John Huston is one hell of a director when he's happening (though Polanski used Jack to far greater effect, and Huston too for that matter, in Chinatown), but save your time and watch the Godfather parts one and two again (or Chinatown, also long but more gracefully so). They are classics. This is a b-movie.
Summary of Prizzi's Honor
Get ready for a mob hit that's as "funny as hell" (L.A. Weekly), when legendary director John Huston takes aim at family values in "one of his very best films" (Roger Ebert)! With "a superb cast" (Boxoffice) led by Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, this killer comedy scored eight Academy Award?(r) nominations,* including Best Picture, and an Oscar?(r) for Anjelica Huston. The Prizzi family's principal hit man, Charley (Nicholson), is about to discover that he and his new bride (Turner) share more than just body heat: They're both cold-blooded assassins, and their next job is to ice each other! Now Charley must choose which contract to honorthe oneto his wife or the one on his wifein this "wickedly amoral black comedy" (Screen International)! *1985: Actor (Nicholson), Supporting Actor (William Hickey), Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Costume DesignIt may not seem like the most obvious kind of Huston country, but this black Mafia comedy fits perfectly with the John Huston mindset. Adapted from Richard Condon's novel, the film stars Nicholson as a none-too-bright hit man for a Mafia family who falls in love with an independent operator--a female killer played by Kathleen Turner. The two make a surprisingly funny couple, whether taking a fling at domesticity or comparing professional notes. But their romance is threatened by the woman Nicholson has jilted: the don's daughter, played by Anjelica Huston in a particularly well-etched and poisonous portrayal, for which she won an Oscar. Look for equally tasty turns by cast members William Hickey, John Randolph, and Robert Loggia. --Marshall Fine
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