Five Corners Reviews

Classics and Shakespearean scholars of the world, unite! This one is for you! Outside frame #1: Cupids whose arrows are directed toward anger and hatred, not toward instilling love. Inside frames: 1. Snow White rescued from troll-baby by Prince Charming, who... Read more

Set in 1964 Bronx, the film starts off great with the Beatles "In My Life" and just keeps getting better. A psycho Heinz (John Turturro) is released from prison and goes after the woman Linda (Jodie Foster) who put him there.... Read more

Offbeat--to say the least--comedy-drama from director Tony Bill and writer/co-producer John Patrick Shanley combines unforced, unshowy nostalgia with dark (and rather wobbly) comedic undertones. In a troubled Bronx neighborhood in the 1960's, Jodie Foster is a young woman hounded by just-released... Read more

Some interesting performances from people who went on to bigger and better things. Turturro in particular gives a controlled turn to a role that could easily have been over the top. Many discontinuities mar the script, and there are plot elements... Read more

Life in the Bronx in 1964. A psycho gets out of prison and picks up where he left off, affecting the lives of people he knew. Has some funny moments and a couple interesting sub-plots. Excellent cast in this Hand-made indy:... Read more