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Jane Austen's Mafia!

Play trailer Poster for Jane Austen's Mafia! PG-13 Released Jul 24, 1998 1h 24m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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Mafia! promises audiences a spaghetti plate of gangster farce, but only delivers egg noodles and ketchup.

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Globe and Mail Rated: 1/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 1/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 31, 2005 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures Stinky attempt to recapture the magic of "Airplane." Rated: 1/5 Jun 14, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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steve d The real Godfather had more laughs. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member This Zucker/Abrams/Zucker film's subpar compared to "The Naked Gun!" series, but it's more tolerable than the sadistically unfunny films Saltzberg & Friedman are responsible for (e.g. "Disaster Movie"). Also while we mourn Lloyd Bridges in his final movie. The sadder story is that an actor's swan song is usually not his/her best movie. So this is worth comparing to "Wagon's East," John Candy's last film. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review brandon w Mafia! is directed and co-written by Jim Abrahams, and it stars Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges, and Billy Burke in a comedy film about multiple stories of Tony's (Jay Mohr) life, whether it be as a Godfather, taking revenge on someone about to kill his father, or how to run a casino. Once I saw this on HBO, I decided to record it for the only fact that this is so far, the last film that Jim Abrahams has directed, and this is definitely his weakest film that he has done. The acting is relatively fine, not something that is worth talking about, and the plot is all over the place that I honestly don't know what it's even about. The humor is very weak and lame that while there was no joke that made me groan, there was barely any jokes that made me laugh or amused. It's very poorly structured that I can't even tell where it's at, nor even care. The movie does feel recycled from better parody films, and it doesn't really feel enjoyably silly to watch as it feels forced and slow. Mafia! is a very weak attempt at making a comedy film that the director should've ended it at Hot Shots! Part Deux. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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