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Mafia! (1998)

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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 7

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Satirist Jim Arahams returned with this comedy spoofing the Godfather trilogy, and other films and TV, including Jurassic Park, Lord of the Dance, and Barney. The opening emulates a Saul Bass sequence with Anthony Cortino (Jay Mohr) in a flight amid flames much like Robert De Niro in the Casino credits. After flashbacks go back in time to Sicily, Coppola/Scorsese references abound. Young Vincenzo (Jason Fuchs) travels to America to later become the clumsy chief of organized crime (with the late

PG-13, 1 hr. 24 min.

Comedy

Jim Abrahams, Greg Norberg, Michael McManus

Oct 30, 2001

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All Critics (55) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (37) | DVD (6)

Stinky attempt to recapture the magic of "Airplane."

June 14, 2005 Comment
7M Pictures

Another nail in the coffin of the once hilarious Airplane genre.

August 12, 2003 Comment
Juicy Cerebellum

Okay spoof comedy, but missing a lot of the charm of Zucker movies.

July 22, 2003 Comment
About.com

Every moment of laughter is punctuated by the loud thud of the next joke. Mohr deserves more than this hackneyed screenplay.

March 25, 2003 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Mafia!

I was really looking forward to seeing this film last night as I am a huge fan of the Airplanes, Hot Shots, Police Squads, Naked Guns and Top Secret. I found this on lovefilm and thought - why have i never heard of this? I haven't laughed this hard for ages. I admire the filmmakers so much for being so clever and

November 6, 2009
matertenebraum

Super Reviewer

The spoof comed which is a comical tribute to all the great Amercian gangster movies. Perhaps, not quite as amusing as I remember, but a good watch and if you?ve seen all the original films that this film references, then of course you will find the funnier side.

February 21, 2007
76Majikat

Super Reviewer

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