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      The Florentine

      R 1999 1h 44m Drama List
      Reviews 46% 100+ Ratings Audience Score As the owner of the Florentine -- a working-class bar in an economically depressed town -- Whitey (Michael Madsen) dispenses drinks to a number of troubled locals. Among the regulars there are compulsive gambler Bobby (Chris Penn) and Whitey's sister, Molly (Virginia Madsen), who is preparing to get married when her old flame, Teddy (Tom Sizemore), returns to the area. Whitey and Bobby must contend with a no-nonsense mobster who is squeezing them both for money. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Losers? A shot of realism that centers us does not hurt. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Somebody must've had deep pockets or connections to put these actors together in 1 movie but all these actors couldn't save The Florentine.It was BORING! I really thought the 1st movie I saw Michael Madsen & Tom Sizemore together in would be a Cop movie, Action flick or Crime Drama Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member The early going was quite depressing, as we watched a bar owner, Whitey (Michael Madsen), struggling to keep his seedy neighborhood bar afloat in a sea of debt to the local Shylock. That mood continued through the center section as a hustler (Jim Belushi) works his swindle on a friend of Whitey's, played by Luke Perry, who shows us that he is more than just a pretty face. And the guy (Tom Sizemore) who ran out on Whitey's soon-to-be-married sister, played by Virginia Madsen, has returned to town with a heavy load of guilt for his past sins. The darkness drags on through the final wedding preparations, right up to the final ten minutes, when finally the sun breaks through the clouds and everything turns out hearts and flowers (metaphorically speaking)! As a character study, this gets a lot of the bits right, but as a story, it was hard to feel anything but sadness. There are several interesting side stories, and the interaction amongst the various characters played fairly genuine. The local color provided by the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania gave the film an authenticity that would be hard to duplicate anywhere else. Just be prepared to empty your account of pathos for this bunch of sad sacks. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Good... Real good watched it this morning and it might have been my mood but I could appreciate this story Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Kind of an interesting movie. I mostly watched it because I liked the cast. Decent film, but I wouldn't watch it again. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member ok, after two minutes of intro, i am intrigued; nice narrator voice and awesome cast (basically the whole case of reservoir dogs)! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: 5/10 Oct 14, 2004 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis As the owner of the Florentine -- a working-class bar in an economically depressed town -- Whitey (Michael Madsen) dispenses drinks to a number of troubled locals. Among the regulars there are compulsive gambler Bobby (Chris Penn) and Whitey's sister, Molly (Virginia Madsen), who is preparing to get married when her old flame, Teddy (Tom Sizemore), returns to the area. Whitey and Bobby must contend with a no-nonsense mobster who is squeezing them both for money.
      Director
      Nick Stagliano
      Producer
      Francis Ford Coppola, Cindy Cowan, Fred Fuchs
      Screenwriter
      Tom Benson, Damien Gray
      Production Co
      March First, Initial Entertainment Group, Nazz Productions, American Zoetrope
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 1, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 44m