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Summary: A really great Tale.
Review: The first time De Niro shows us what else he can do and it's a hit. His young son must choose between his fathers ways or that of the local mob leader. As his son grows up he learns the leasons of both lifes. The story is great you learn a little of all the charaters in the movie, but to much were there is still some unknow parts of them. Look for the surprize actor in the one of the many great secens.
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Summary: Not expertly told.
Review: Overrated (judging from reviews here) directorial debut by Robert DeNiro. It disappoints pretty early when the period music (Sixties) starts cranking up -- an unfortunate imitation of DeNiro's mentor, Martin Scorsese. (It's wearisome enough when the "mentor" drowns his movies in Top 40 hits, as if that's the only sure way to get across the period a movie's set in.) Then comes the loquacious narration, much of it peripheral to what's actually going on in the movie. Did I mention the slow-motion during the exciting or pivotal scenes? Well, despite the general (and I guess forgivable) amateurishness, there's a good story here: DeNiro's young son must decide which path to take -- his father's (hard-working, play-by-the-rules, but not remunerative) or the local mob boss's (exciting, remunerative, violent, deadly). The movie makes a pretty good case for both options. Of course we sympathize with DeNiro's bus driver, but Palminteri's lifestyle clearly has its attractions. Fleshed out properly, this is more than movie enough. Unfortunately, things get sidetracked by a wincingly written interracial romance between the teenage hero and a neighborhood black girl. Suddenly, we're in a different movie here, with a whole different set of issues, and the focus is lost. Back to the upside, *A Bronx Tale* features some fine performances from Palminteri and -- surprisingly, given the distractions of the director's chair -- DeNiro himself. But it's not quite enough. Based on a play by Palminteri, who also adapted it for the screen.
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Summary: Top Ten Movies Ever?!?!?!
Review: With all the praise this movie has received, it couldn't receive enough. I categorize myself as a "movie buff" and I'll watch one from any genre. This movie, may I say, is extroadinarily good! Fantastic! The aspect that amazed me most was the casting. People, many times, overlook the severity of this job and it was completed magically. The acting was spectacular and very convincing. Though Chazz Palmenteri (Sonny) and Robert De Niro (Lorenzo) did their usual breathtaking performances, one character stole the movie. That was both the 9-year-old (Francis Capra) and 17-year-old (Lillo Brancato) versions of Calogero. Both of them did wonderfully, calibrating their roles together to make you believe they were truly the same person. I may be pushing the limits by saying it is the best movie ever, because it's mine, but you'll surely find it at the top of many people's lists.
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Summary: Not bad but...
Review: I thought the script and most of the acting was pretty good. But that teenager("C") can not act at all. Where did they get this guy?He ruined the whole movie for me. Worth watching though...
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Summary: Excellent DVD
Review: This is a classic.
Robert DeNiro's directorial debut is
highly successful. This is one of
the best DVD's that i ever bought
because of the excellent plot,
clear picture, and price. A great
value and strongly recommended for
purchase.
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Summary: Memories of Growing-Up Italian
Review: The Bronx Tale is undoubtedly one of the best movies that brings back old memories of growing-up Italian in the 50's and 60's. We all knew who the wiseguys were, we knew what they did, and we knew how to skillfully observe their actions but at the same time avoid their indiscretions. Robert De Niro tries everything to keep his only child away from the bad guys; unfortunately, it takes death and destruction to teach the young man a valuable lesson. One of my favorite scenes was the confrontation between the vegetable peddler and the children who loved to harrass him. I can remember having the same "fun" with the "rag-man" forty years ago. The nicknames of the gangsters and their customers are all too familiar to an Italian kid from the inner city. I received a valuable education from the streets and one from formal education just like C did. A great movie to enjoy, especially if you are Italian, if not just relax and have some fun.
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Summary: It brought back memories.....
Review: My son said, "pop you gotta see this movie, it's you". He was right take a picture of me as a bambino of 10 years, put my Yankee hat on, and my son said from home movies he saw of me---that could have been me riding on the bus with DeNiro. I grew up in the Bronx in the 50's and 60's. This movie never wandered from the truth ---- that was the way it was growing up during the DOO-WOP era in the Bronx. Capra and Chazz gave bravo performances, but DeNiro was still the man. A working class Italian from the neighborhood---his part was small but it was
loaded with TNT as all his performances are.
DeNiro's directing debut was nothing short of excellent. A must see ---- for all ---- extremely entertaining --- and it will keep you in your seat from beginning to end.
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Summary: The world in "A Bronx Tale"
Review: I found A Bronx Tale to be one of the best movies I have ever seen. Perhaps, I am stretching it a bit, but it seemed to me to use life growing up in the Bronx in the 60's to portray the gradual coming to adult conclusions about life around you.
The young C is drawn into the world of a mobster. But, the mobster is something of a community protector. On the one hand, he is seeking power, but on the other hand he doesn't let things get out of hand in his community. The young C grows up at first as a young boy whose life is centered around Mantle, Maris, and the Yankees. His community changes, and by the end of the movie he is in high school and the problems move from Mazeroski hitting the home run to beat the beloved Yankees, to the influx of blacks into the area.
It seemed to me that in some ways the movie was almost a parable portraying the two pulls in American foreign policy. C's dad constantly tells his son to go home, to not get involved into affairs that is none of his business. C's dad strikes me as displaying the idea that the world outside of our own family is dangerous and is not to be entered. On the other hand C's moster mentor is a worldly wise man who has learned to build an empire. In a poignant point in the film, the mobster acknowledges to C that he had once spent time in prison, when he was there, he read "The Prince" by Machiavelli. There is the parable, a father constantly seeking to keep his son from being influenced and hurt by the foreign world around him, whether it be mobsters, bad kids, or negroes as compared to a godfather who rules the community, with some deep flaws but also in some ways a force for good. In the end C becomes a blend of both men. He is learning to have relationships with the foreign as well as the domestic in his Bronx world. The world is never so simple as his father wanted it to be for his son, but also he knows he cannot live like the mentor that he respected, for almost no one loved this man, he was feared and not loved. C at the end of the movie is a young man with a lot of promise but a very undetermined future. He has learned from a mobster the way of Machiavelli and he has learned from his father the way of isolation. He will never be comfortable with either. Perhaps, I am stretching the message of this movie, but I think the future of America's place in the world is being decided as our nation grows up in a world where we can try to rule it by might or try to go our own separate way and mind our own business. C's way of resolving how each of the men that meant the most to him growing up is not made absolutely clear. It is only clear that C will not allow himself to be cut off from his world in its fulness, but the way of Machiavelli and seeking to be the community's superpower has its shortcomings as well.
Perhaps, I stretched the meaning of the movie, but for depth of character and personality in the men who influenced C this movie should be seen. It can be appreciated apart from my political theories, so don't be afraid to see it. There is some violence and language that some won't like to see, but it is one of the best movies about life's complexities one can ever see.
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Summary: FATHER OR GODFATHER
Review: De Niro is abus driver and he lives in an italian part of the city. There are some Ýtalian gangs in the same area of his house. One day one of the Ýtalian guy shots a man and De Niro's little son saw that moment. Then his son grows and going to be one of that Ýtalian gangs.
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Summary: Moving
Review: In 1993 I saw this movie because the movie I had come to see was sold out. I don't remember the name of that motion picture, but I will never forget A Bronx Tale. Written and directed to perfection, the characters are alive and vivid. The view sees and feel the action on the screen and this film is totally devoid of the Hollywood formulas and clichés that sink far too many offerings today. Why is this? The original play was written by one of the stars of the film, Chazz Palminteri, who one night after losing a job, sat on his bed and hand wrote the story of his young, all the while in tears. The graphic, colorful reality of his experiences shows. The execution of this film is flawless. There are no continuity errors and it is so well cast you will walk away thinking you personally know each and every character. Having touched on so many aspects of 1960's America, this movie never disappoints and never bores the viewer. This is an outstanding movie.
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