Mob Town

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Merritt C @MerrittClifton Jan 17 Speaking from the perspective of having frequently reviewed books, films, plays, etc., mostly for print media, for more than 50 years, I must say, having seen Mob Town for the first time in 2026, that every review I have seen about it got it just 100% dead wrong. Mob Town is NOT your standard "Godfather"-type gangster film, building toward a violent climax. Rather, it is a very quietly understated classic, more like a western without the big shoot-out at the end, focusing on the lives and personalities of the low-level mobster and his wife who host a major gangland meeting and the small-town cops who try to bring them to justice. All of the major actors & actresses perform brilliantly, the script & pacing are excellent, the scene-setting is flawless (I kept looking for anachronisms but didn't find any), the camera work couldn't be better, & no one larger-than-life personality dominates to the detriment of all the others. It also appears to be historically accurate. See more Liam D @Mediawatcher2003 04/12/2024 A Crime Drama with the seriousness of an SNL sketch this is a movie with a great cast and an interesting story wasted See more 08/30/2020 I love mob films. But waiting for action and I was disappointed. The cars are cool but don't match up. Satire, boring script. A man waving his arms around buying pork chops and screaming. Just did not build up to anything. See more 06/24/2020 This is a better than average movie. David Arcet(?) was surprisingly And pleasantly good. I had forgotten he still works. It's always a pleasure to watch Jennifer Esposito. No, she's not the best actress but she's attractive in many ways. Some of the secondary players are hammy but the hotel girl more than makes up for them. The movie does leave us hanging at the end with too many unanswered questions. Oh well. If you like Mafia, police, 1950s era, light drama, Italian centric, or crime history, you'll probably enjoy this movie. See more 06/24/2020 Not the best Mob movie ... Not the worse either ... See more 04/14/2020 Oh man, I rented this one. Great cast but this seriously is a mob movie for Lifetime or the Hallmark channel. No exaggeration. And I'm not one to usually be disappointed or critical. Love Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Jennifer Esposito and liked their characters and thought since they were in it and it was based on historical events and characters in the 1950's that it would be a decent mafia film, but aside from cussing, a couple very brief killings and a couple of kisses, this R rated movie had nothing and could easily have been rated PG. See more Read all reviews

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