One of John Huston's final films is a mob/love story/dark comedy that falls like a set of well placed dominoes. Jack Nicholson plays Charlie Partanna, a middle man in the Prizzi crime organization who becomes instantly obsessed with a woman named Irene (Kathleen Turner) at a wedd...( read more)
Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia
A hit-man for a close-knit Mafia family falls in love with his female counterpart, but when she makes a serious blunder against the family, he's faced with the toughest choice of all.
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2001
Stats: 243 reviews
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May 3, 2009
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December 7, 2008
The Departed meets Romeo and Juliet....
***It really is Mr. and Mrs. Smith 20sum years later...except they is more love and this one has the classic Godfather atmosphere....as always Jack Nicholson what AWSOME! he is awsome in everything!!!!! -
November 20, 2008
For those of you who haven't seen it and may be mispronouncing the name like I was for a long time, think of how you pronounce pizza. The "i's" sound like "e's" and it sounds like there is a "t" in there. I chuckled occasionally because it imitated and twisted The Godfather in ...( read more)
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October 19, 2008
One of John Huston's minor works. A wacky, bright looking, charming, cheerful and lively dark comedy with a great cast; namely Angelica Huston and the scary looking William Hickey as Don Corrado.
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January 1, 2007
Yet another Jack Nicholson film that gets lauded over, but I thought was crap. And I LIKE Jack!
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November 10, 2009
Jack Nicholson plays a hit man who falls in love with a woman who is in the same line of work as him. They both later on get a hit on eachother. Its like the 80's version of todays Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The difference is they know each other's line of work, and it's more of a mafia...( read more)
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October 28, 2009
Muy buena. Se trata de una película de gángsters, sí, pero es mucho menos solemne que el padrino y mucho más inteligente que una comedia sobre el tema como Casada con la Mafia o Mr. y Mrs. Smith. Me gustó por eso: por ser una muy buena mezcla de comedia y suspenso sin por ello de...( read more)
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August 14, 2009
Crazy movie, I waited for it to be funny, excitimg, tragic, sad, actionpacked or anything but nothing happened.
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