Brooklyn Lobster

Excellent if predictable movie about a family seafood business and its imminent rescue from the FDIC auction block after a bank collapse. Danny Aiello is excellent as is Jane Curtin as his spouse who rightfully feels neglected; the rest of the... Full review

Excellent if predictable movie about a family seafood business and its imminent rescue from the FDIC auction block after a bank collapse. Danny Aiello is excellent as is Jane Curtin as his spouse who rightfully feels neglected; the rest of the... Full review

Story of a family whose husband/father cared more for the business then his wife/family and now he is losing the business. I enjoyed it a lot. It was good seeing Jane Curtin again... Full review

Story of a family whose husband/father cared more for the business then his wife/family and now he is losing the business. I enjoyed it a lot. It was good seeing Jane Curtin again... Full review

Brooklyn Lobster is truly a groundbreaking film, an almost perfect tribute to the era. The story is phenomenal, the acting is terrific, and features beautiful visuals. Lobsters are the main attraction in this movie, although they don't have a brooklyn accent.... Full review

Saw the movie at an NYU screening with the director. It is in very limited release, but if you get the chance to see it, I highly recommend it. There is no better way of describing it than a great little... Full review

Brooklyn Lobster is truly a groundbreaking film, an almost perfect tribute to the era. The story is phenomenal, the acting is terrific, and features beautiful visuals. Lobsters are the main attraction in this movie, although they don't have a brooklyn accent.... Full review

Saw the movie at an NYU screening with the director. It is in very limited release, but if you get the chance to see it, I highly recommend it. There is no better way of describing it than a great little... Full review

the charming little movie is also pretty warm, heartfelt....It'd be easy to dismiss Kevin Jordan's Brooklyn Lobster as conventional, obvious and entirely predictable --....their affection for the movie comes through pretty effortlessly.....The transfer shows a little fleckage in the darker scenes, but overall the movie looks just fine.....packed with strong performances..... ... Full Review

touching film, worth a visit.....Watch Danny Aiello try to remain self-righteous as he defends the placement of that ad. "Brooklyn Lobster" is a sweet....But watch the quiet way Jordan and his actors pull redemption out of the gloom.....The movie, written and directed by Kevin Jordan, has a spontaneous, confident realism about it, and no wonder:.... ... Full Review

touching film, worth a visit.....Watch Danny Aiello try to remain self-righteous as he defends the placement of that ad. "Brooklyn Lobster" is a sweet....The movie, written and directed by Kevin Jordan , has a spontaneous, confident realism about it, and no wonder:.... ... Full Review

It's that Brooklyn Lobster is by-the-numbers predictable and all too familiar. BROOKLYN LOBSTER Rated:NR For movie details, please click here . ... Full Review

Brooklyn Lobster" is the kind of smart, realistic indie family drama the movies should give us more often, just as they should more often offer performances as full-blooded and rich as Aiello's and Curtin's here. But Aiello imbues the part with so much emotion and paternalistic charm that we tend to forgive Frank. ... Full Review

A family struggles to keep their business afloat as they're dogged by personal crises in this drama from writer and director Kevin Jordan. Frank Giorgio (Danny Aiello) is the owner of Giorgio's Lobster Farm, a seafood shop in the Sheepshead... ... Full Article

SCREENED AS PART OF THE 2005 HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. Into every life a little rain must fall, but Frank Giordano is drowning. His bank defaulted on his loan and the FDIC is breathing down his neck for money that... ... Full Article

Despite that curious " Martin Scorsese presents" credit, Brooklyn Lobster is almost entirely home cooked: a movie inspired by the story of a family lobster farm, directed and produced by two of the farm's heirs ( Kevin Jordan , of... ... Full Article

To his considerable credit, Aiello isn't afraid to be less than sympathetic, or worse, during key moments as Frank Girorgio, a bearish family patriarch who refuses to seek help from anyone, even family members. ... Full Article

Sometimes an under-the-radar indie gets such limited theatrical exposure it's like it barely existed at all.Then the DVD comes out, viewers discover the film, and they unanimously declare that it deserved a better fate. ... Full Article

You can practically smell the seaweed and the seafood in Brooklyn Lobster , a well-observed if not particularly original drama about keeping a family and a family business from falling apart. ... Full Article