Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Don Ameche

Oscar was Sylvester Stallone's agreeable, 1991 effort at broad comedy, a fast-talking, suspender-snapping gangster farce featuring the Rambo star as a 1930s Chicago mob boss, Snaps Provo...( read more  read more... )lone, trying to go straight during overlapping personal crises. No, this isn't Billy Wilder, but director John Landis (Coming to America) has crackling fun with Oscar's fruit salad of traditional comic themes and tools, including mistaken identities, a powerful man's weakness for his children, and a nonstop parade of outre secondary characters. The cast includes Kirk Douglas as Stallone's father, whose deathbed wish compels Snaps to go into legitimate banking at the exact moment the latter's daughter (Marisa Tomei) announces her love for a chauffeur. Meanwhile, another woman claiming to be Snaps's offspring is engaged to a fellow (Vincent Spano) who has stolen $50,000 of the big man's money. Wackiness ensues. The winning cast includes Peter Riegert, Don Ameche, Chazz Palminteri, Eddie Bracken, Harry Shearer, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Bruce Davison. --Tom Keogh

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PG, 109 min.

Directed by: John Landis

Release Date: April 26, 1991

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DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003

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  • March 1, 2009
    Re-rated from 4 to 4 1/2

    "I got it! You daughter's not your daughter, and the cash that used to be the jewels is now your underwear!"

    - Connie (Chazz Palminteri)

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    This is one of circa 90s highly underrated comedy films. An american remake of the original 1967 french movie.

    A day of a life of an "ex" mobster boss. New York City - 1930s. Angelo "Snaps" Provolone promises that he would do anything to make his father "die a happy man". --- On the day that Snaps goes legit, the cops are alerted that something big is going on.

    Snaps, who is "no longer Snaps" learns that his accountant is stealing from him, his daughter is not his daughter, his housemaid is leaving, and everything else seems to have gone crazy on his very first day as a legit Banker!


    "Let's get started, I got until noon to look like a banker."

    I consider Oscar to be one of Sylvester Stallone's best comedy acts in his entire movie career. This is also the movie where I first laid my eyes on Marissa Tomei, she really caught my attention in this movie with her portrayal of Lisa Provolone, her "brattiness and flirtyness" was just something I really liked as a kid. I've been a Marrisa Tomei fan ever since I saw her in this flick. Chazz Palmineri is just an added treat in this movie. Its always fun to watch him play a gangster anyway.

    Stylish, smart, clean and witty! I most espcially loved the constant play of words used in this movie. Its amazing for an old film to have such a timeless effect, the characters and jokes in this movie never fails to make me laugh!

    Highly Recommended!
    A fun movie for everyone!

    Director: John Landis
  • November 15, 2008
    Probably the most guiltiest of pleasures. Other than the pre-credits scene (which had me worried this was going to suck as bad as 'Stop or My Mom Will Shoot') this stage-like film is consistently funny with likeable characters and a hilariously convoluted plot.
  • October 25, 2007
    Silly early 90'sness.
  • July 26, 2007
    A well-written comedy movie with Sylvester Stallone! It's a fun film.
  • January 23, 2007
    pretty entertaining actually
  • October 4, 2009
    Piece of dog *beep*.
  • August 7, 2009
    yes, i paid to see this in the theater. My only defense was it was a long time ago.
  • August 5, 2009
    I love this film. Old Hollywood style and a Funny side to Rambo.
  • July 10, 2009
    la amo!!! jamas me cansaria de verla!!!!
  • July 5, 2009
    I love it!!! Love, love, love!!! I saw it 7 times by now and I am gonna watch it again and again. This movie is the reason I tend to avoid movies that won Academy Awards. I mean this gets Razzies and Halle Berry gets an Oscar?

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  • Felstef
    April 1, 2008
    This is one of those films that shows Stallone actually had some acting chops.

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