Jane Austen's Mafia!

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Jane Austen's Mafia!

PG-13

Released Jul 24, 1998

1h 24m

Comedy

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This zany spoof of gangster movies charts the rise and pratfalls of the Cortino crime family. After growing up poor in Salmonella, Sicily, Vincenzo Cortino (Lloyd Bridges) installs himself as the preeminent, if bumbling, Mafia don of the New World. But now he must pass on power to one of his two sons: either level-headed veteran Anthony (Jay Mohr) or vituperative loose cannon Joey (Billy Burke). The resulting power struggle leads to betrayal, murder and Scorsese references galore.

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Critics Consensus

Mafia! promises audiences a spaghetti plate of gangster farce, but only delivers egg noodles and ketchup.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Mafia! is the kind of movie that can never entirely fail, but can succeed to various degrees. It doesn't rank with Abraham's earlier efforts.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Film Threat

Rated: 1/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jul 31, 2005

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Kevin Carr

7M Pictures

Stinky attempt to recapture the magic of "Airplane."

Rated: 1/5

Jun 14, 2005

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Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Rated: B-

Apr 9, 2005

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 1/5

Feb 7, 2005

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Matthew T

Jane Austen's Mafia! – If you like Airplane! or Naked Gun, you’ll probably get a few laughs out of this one, even though it’s pretty obvious the Abrams/Zucker comedy train was hitting the end of the line. It’s a very dumb, very cartoonish spoof of The Godfather and Casino. Why those two? Because one’s a legendary classic and the other was a shiny new hit in the '90s. Makes sense... sort of. There are a few decent jokes tossed in about other crime flicks like Scarface, but most of the humor is just random pop culture references to stuff like Child’s Play, Jurassic Park, and Forrest Gump. Why those? Because, well—it was the '90s. This isn’t a classic spoof, or even a particularly good one, but if you’re bored on a weekend and want to watch something dumb, it'll do the trick.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/08/25

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, o filme faz Paródias dos filmes como casino de 1996, o poderoso chefão, e forrest gump e mais outros filmes, o filme teve partes boasce partes ruins, mas ruins do que boas, e as paródias deram uma salvada no filme, com tudo isso eu meio que não recomendo esse filme.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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steve d

The real Godfather had more laughs.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

A needed spoof on a film genre begging to be roasted and Mafia does an admirable job.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Im kinda biased this is my favorite comedy from my childhood. You may need to turn your brain off when you watch but it's an all good fun parody.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

I seen this movie in the movie's with my uncle when it first came out. This is a funny spoof/joke movie based off of movies like Casino, Godfather etc... Good actors made me laugh and I seen it a few times. I'll watch it on t.v. if nothing else is on watch it if bored maybe you may get a few laughs here and there.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Synopsis

This zany spoof of gangster movies charts the rise and pratfalls of the Cortino crime family. After growing up poor in Salmonella, Sicily, Vincenzo Cortino (Lloyd Bridges) installs himself as the preeminent, if bumbling, Mafia don of the New World. But now he must pass on power to one of his two sons: either level-headed veteran Anthony (Jay Mohr) or vituperative loose cannon Joey (Billy Burke). The resulting power struggle leads to betrayal, murder and Scorsese references galore.

Director: Jim Abrahams
Producer: Bill Badalato
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Buena Vista (Walt Disney)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 24, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.9M
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Surround

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