Prizzi's Honor

I found this movie just entertaining, nothing else. I think it was an overrated movie because it received an Oscar nomination as the best movie. I think this movie deserves 6.5 stars instead of 6.8, so I give it a 6.... Full review

Many people refuse to believe that this is a comedy. They are wrong. Just watch Angelica Huston's screamingly funny moment as she brings in her father's dinner. She is walking towards him behind his back... calm, cool, suave - and... Full review

Hollywood has long enjoyed an almost incestuous relationship with the so - called Mafia who,it strikes me,are rather like"Pop",the Etonian society that is entirely self - electing and is answerable only to its own members.Contrarily,on the one hand we are... Full review

This movie is often good and funny, but sometimes 's not focused enough. The story tries to cover a lot of themes, genres, and plot implications which doesn't always work. The best parts are the ones which deal with Charlie/Irene... Full review

Comedy? Not really. Drama? Little, if any. Tragicomedy? Possibly, some, but not developed as such. The plot is too complicated for its own good. The pacing is much, much too slow. The acting is quite solid all-round, but that is,... Full review

I loved this film when I saw it in 1985. To see it again after seeing film and series like the Godfather, The Soprans etc is a treat. It is a lovely film, elegant,well-played with a with lots of humor.... Full review

Charlie Partanna is the number one hit man for the Pizzi family. At a Prizzi wedding he spots a beautiful woman and tries to get to know her, although she is called away. Later that night she calls him and... Full review

So many films glorify the mafia, even those like 'Goodfellas' which pull no punches still allow a residue of glamour to stick to their portrayal of the wise-guy life. So 'Prizzi's Honor', which ridicules its protagonists and shows them to... Full review

In New York, the hit-man Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson) is like a son for his godfather Don Corrado Prizzi (William Hickey), a powerful mobster. In a wedding of a member of their family, Charley meets Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner) and... Full review

Prizzi's Honor enthralled me with masterful performances by Jack Nicholson as the enforcer for the Prizzi mob family; Kathleen Turner as the mysterious blonde he falls for and who turns out to be a professonal assassin; and Angelica Huston, as... Full review

The witty tone of "Prizzi's Honor" comes courtesy of the rich, observant dialogue and the sly, spritely music by the legendary Alex North (he scored "Spartacus"). Nicholson has never delivered a bad performance. ... Full Review

The witty tone of "Prizzi's Honor" comes courtesy of the rich, observant dialogue and the sly, spritely music by the legendary Alex North (he scored "Spartacus"). ... Full Review

Richard Condon's delicious black comedy was lovingly translated to the screen by legendary director John Huston in one of his last movies. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, Prizzi's Honor won Best Supporting Actress for Huston's daughter Anjelica, playing the "art imitates life" role of Nicholson's cast-off girl friend. ... Full Review

John Huston 's " Prizzi's Honor " marches like weird and gloomy clockwork to its relentless conclusion, and half of the time, we're laughing. What happens between them is best not explained here, since the unfolding of the plot is one of the movie's delights. ... Full Review

Prizzi's Honor stays interesting because it keeps its body count storytelling strictly mundane. Prizzi clan hit man Charley Partanna (Jack Nicholson) falls for lovely outsider Irene Walker (Kathleen Turner) not realizing that she's a freelance assassin herself. ... Full Review

The quirky black tone is set very early on when fat young Charley is given his first set of knuckledusters for Christmas.One hopes, of course, that the kid isnt hasnt any family pets to practise on. ... Full Article

ALTHOUGH "Prizzi's Honor" was her first screenplay, Janet Roach, who won an Academy Award nomination for it, was by no means a stranger to the camera. "I decided when I was in third grade," Ms. Roach recounted in her home ... Full Article

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright 2006 Filmcritic.com Widely considered a black comedy classic, Prizzi's Honor is dated today and, tragically, finally revealed as a middling work that wanders aimlessly and ends abruptly. ... Full Article

THE LOWDOWN When dimwitted Mafia goon Charley meets fellow professional Irene, it's love at first sight. The two get married, but they soon find they've been contracted to kill each other. ... Full Article