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Summary: Watch them do their stuff!
Review: This movie was not a box office hit when it was released just a few months ago, but dreams do sometimes come true.Starting in New Jersey in 1968, we follow the lives of four 'has-been' gangsters. Now retired and living peaceably in The Raj Mahal in Miami Beach, they attempt to make one last heist. So as not to be evicted (who wants to be homeless?) from this run-down hotel, they plot a way to save their special home. Look for the pink ostrich. Burt Reynolds looks good as an old man and is funny like in those 'Bandit' movies. Richard Dreyfuss who won an Academy Award for his role in THE GOODBYE GIRL and was great in MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (I loved that music!) showed his winning style. Seymour Cassel who was in Bill Murray's RUSHMORE and Dan Hedaya (Detective Jack in SHAFT), round out the foursome. When you need a laugh, rent this one from the local video store (better yet, buy it here at Amazon.com), sit back and enjoy. If you liked GRUMPY OLD MEN, you'll love these "grandfatherly gangsters" who are not quite 'over the hill' yet. Stephen Iervolino compared this film ro 'GoodFellas' in LAUNCH. This parody is better than either or both/and in a class all its own.
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Summary: Watch them do their stuff!
Review: This movie was not a box office hit when it was released just a few months ago, but dreams do sometimes come true. Starting in New Jersey in 1968, we follow the lives of four 'has-been' gangsters. Now retired and living peaceably in The Raj Mahal in Miami Beach, they attempt to make one last heist. So as not to be evicted (who wants to be homeless?) from this run-down hotel, they plot a way to save their special home. Look for the pink ostrich. Burt Reynolds looks good as an old man and is funny like in those 'Bandit' movies. Richard Dreyfuss who won an Academy Award for his role in THE GOODBYE GIRL and was great in MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS (I loved that music!) showed his winning style. Seymour Cassel who was in Bill Murray's RUSHMORE and Dan Hedaya (Detective Jack in SHAFT), round out the foursome. When you need a laugh, rent this one from the local video store (better yet, buy it here at Amazon.com), sit back and enjoy. If you liked GRUMPY OLD MEN, you'll love these "grandfatherly gangsters" who are not quite 'over the hill' yet. Stephen Iervolino compared this film ro 'GoodFellas' in LAUNCH. This parody is better than either or both/and in a class all its own.
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Summary: Four Guys And Three Ladies in Gangster Comedy
Review: Very lightweight comedy "The Crew" was about four ex-gangsters now living in Miami, where they try to scheme with a shotgun like old days; only this time for escaping eviction notice. And it worked ... at first. The good part of the film is its male cast (Dreyfuss, Hedaya, Reynolds, Cassel: plus good female players, especially "The Matrix"'s Moss, who again gives a toe kick to her ex-boyfriend (short scene, don't miss it). To be honest, the story is weak, and the script tends to lose its focus, but just watching these guys and ladies almost compensates. The film gradually improves as it goes on, so wait for a while until Dreyfuss's slightly annoying narration vanishes. The film is co-produced by Barry Sonnenfeld (of "MIB"), so if he had directed, the result might have been different. By the way, of the four gangsters, Dreyfuss is the youngest (b. 1947); next, Hedaya (b. 1940); Reynolds (b. 1936), and Cassel (b. 1935).
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Summary: Four Guys And Three Ladies in Gangster Comedy
Review: Very lightweight comedy "The Crew" was about four ex-gangsters now living in Miami, where they try to scheme with a shotgun like old days; only this time for escaping eviction notice. And it worked ... at first. The good part of the film is its male cast (Dreyfuss, Hedaya, Reynolds, Cassel: plus good female players, especially "The Matrix"'s Moss, who again gives a toe kick to her ex-boyfriend (short scene, don't miss it). To be honest, the story is weak, and the script tends to lose its focus, but just watching these guys and ladies almost compensates. The film gradually improves as it goes on, so wait for a while until Dreyfuss's slightly annoying narration vanishes. The film is co-produced by Barry Sonnenfeld (of "MIB"), so if he had directed, the result might have been different. By the way, of the four gangsters, Dreyfuss is the youngest (b. 1947); next, Hedaya (b. 1940); Reynolds (b. 1936), and Cassel (b. 1935).
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Summary: Note on Joe Pesci tune
Review: You can find Old Man Time on Pesci's CD "Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just For You." A great ending to an hysterically funny flick!
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