Featured Audience Ratings

• Chris W

  
  You would think that, given the cast (Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Carol Kane, William Hickey, Daniel Stern, et al), crew (director Herbert Ross, screenwriter Nora Ephron), and the premise (a street smart gangster goes into witness protection, and tries to adjust to life… More
  You would think that, given the cast (Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, Carol Kane, William Hickey, Daniel Stern, et al), crew (director Herbert Ross, screenwriter Nora Ephron), and the premise (a street smart gangster goes into witness protection, and tries to adjust to life in a small California town, yet can't seem to stop committing crimes and lay low), that this would be a sure fire winning comedy, yet that just isn't the case. Here's the thing: it's not a terrible movie, but it's not really that good or reaches its full potential. I still kinda liked it though, or at least a lot of it. It's not boring, but it ultimately fails to deliver where it should be absolutely awesome. Maybe it has to do with the fact that this is a mob comedy that happens to involve Nora Ephron who at the time was married to Nick Pilleggi who was involved with a similar mob film that came out around the same time: Goodfellas. There's some good jokes and funny moments, but it really just feels like everyone is relying on the material to do most of the heavy lifting for them, and they just kinda sit back and phone it in a lot of times. Granted, Martin is pretty funny as the smarmy mobster, but it comes off as a flimsy caricature more often than not. Actually, that pretty much applies to the film overall. I was shocked that this fell so flat. And It bugs me even more since I really can't figure out why this film didn't pan out as it should have. You could see this, as it works as the sort of thing that's good to watch late at night after a long day of work where you just need to kill some brain cells, but it's okay if you don't, as a lot of this is ridiculously predictable and unsurprising.

• Jameson W

  
  A pretty good comedy film. It drags a bit in the middle, but it's very entertaining. Steve Martin is actually good as an Italian, or at least in this film. I love Joan Cusack and Rick Moranis...not sure how I feel about them together though. Overall, a pretty good comedy movie… More
  A pretty good comedy film. It drags a bit in the middle, but it's very entertaining. Steve Martin is actually good as an Italian, or at least in this film. I love Joan Cusack and Rick Moranis...not sure how I feel about them together though. Overall, a pretty good comedy movie full of genuine laughs. I recommend it!

• AJ V

  
  A fantastic cast in this movie. The story isn't very unique, but it's interesting enough. Overall, it's funny, and entertaining.

• Alexis N

  
  Rick Moranis AND Steve Martin, how was I not going to like it?! It's funny, of course and cute. Steve as Vinny is a total crack up. My Blue heaven is just a happy little mafia movie and romcom all in one.

• Jason S

  
  A great flick with a great teaming up of two really funny actors. Martin and Moranis own this flick. It's fun and heartfelt without being cheesy and silly. This is a forgotten gem of the comedy genre.

• xGary X

  
  Yet another of Steve Martin's terrible career choices. Why doesn't anybody realise that mob comedys never EVER work...? Especially if the "mob" figure is played like a used car salesman...

• Stuart B

  
  Love this movie, saw it by accident when I was staying not far from San Diego so was even more poinent. For me, its one of Steve Martins best films.

• Nate H

  
  Outrageously, incomprehensibly funny. I might put this on again and watch it right now. Steve Martin is just hamming it up to obscenely entertaining levels, his delivery and presence shot straight into the humor part of my brain. Even the parts that aren't funny are funny in… More
  Outrageously, incomprehensibly funny. I might put this on again and watch it right now. Steve Martin is just hamming it up to obscenely entertaining levels, his delivery and presence shot straight into the humor part of my brain. Even the parts that aren't funny are funny in their late '80s unfunniness. A (what seemed like) 20 minute tango interlude? Hell yes! Celluloid silliness at its peak.

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