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29th Street (1992)

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A hybrid cross-pollination of a Martin Scorsese and Frank Capra film, this feel-good comic fantasy is loosely based on the real-life story of a New York lottery winner. Anthony LaPaglia stars as Frank Pesce Jr., a New Yorker with a good-luck streak that is unmatched in his Little Italy neighborhood. When Frank throws a pair of dice in a game of chance, he doesn't just toss a winning hand, the dice land on top of each other. When he's stabbed in the chest by a girlfriend's brother, his doctors

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Mar 22, 2005

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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...peppered with sequences that are either overlong or entirely superfluous.

July 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment (1)
David Nusair
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Hardly a winner!

June 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment (1)
Dennis Schwartz
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Offers some interesting new twists on the well-worn theme of father-son conflicts.

July 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Shoots for Capraesque and falls well short ... but still worth watching on cable one boring night.

July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg
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This is an all time classic. Most people probrably never saw or heard about this movie but they should watch it right away. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie.
May 8, 2012
courtlandpozzi
Courtland Pozzi
It's a shame that more people don't know about this film. I suppose most reviews start out this way, but it's true; once you've seen this unknown treaure you just want to share it with everybody who enjoys good movies. 29th STREET is the more or less true story of Frank Pesce Jr. winner of $6.2 million dollars in the first New York State lottery and of his very New York Italian family--if you've ever lived next door to one you know what I mean; everything is screamed rather than spoken, certain expletives are used liberally, a casual question turns into World War III, and they have a unique attitude toward the mafia. (Our next door neighbors all managed to move to Florida based on their father's career running numbers for the mob. Guess the lottery killed that job.) Anyhow, 29th STREET is advertised as "GOODFELLAS meets IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE", and I can see why they make that claim. It's a feel good kind of movie with no death and no violence inspite of the mafia's presence--the whole thing has a sort of Damon Runyon flavor to it in that respect. But its real story centers around Pesce's family and in particular his relationship with his father. This movie has got it all, it's funny, its touching, and the acting is Oscar worthy with truly stunning performances from Danny Aiello as the father and Australian born Anthony LaPaglia as the son. Try it, you'll like it. (By the way, before you get bent out of shape, I'm half Italian too.)
October 29, 2009
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