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Johnny Dangerously

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Johnny Dangerously (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 7  Rotten:8 Average Rating: 4.9/10

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Runtime: 90 mins

Synopsis: Set in the 1930's, this gangster spoof tells the comic tale of a Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) who is forced into a life of crime in order to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. Attempting to keep his straight life and his life of crime separate Johnny takes the name Dangerously and is... Set in the 1930's, this gangster spoof tells the comic tale of a Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) who is forced into a life of crime in order to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. Attempting to keep his straight life and his life of crime separate Johnny takes the name Dangerously and is soon a powerful mobster flush with women and riches. The Dangerously name is about to be slandered, though, by the Kelly family when Johnny's brother (Griffin Dunne) becomes the district attorney. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne

Director: Amy Heckerling

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 7, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. Previews - Fox Flix

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3/5

Keaton in starring role helps, but overall average laughs.

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03/06/08
Steve Crum
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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1/5

No review available.

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01/25/06
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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4/5

Good spoof of The Roaring Twenties

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08/13/05
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
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3/5

No review available.

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07/29/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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2/5

No review available.

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07/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/4

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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4/5

No review available.

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04/01/04
Rebecca Murray
About.com
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2/5

Sorta funny for a while, but it runs out of ammo long before it's over

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10/02/03
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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3/5

I know I shouldn't like this film, but dammit, it's just so gloriously exuberantly silly that there's no use condemning it.

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04/14/03
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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3/5

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04/02/03
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire
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0/5

A mob comedy that shoots only blanks.

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03/30/03
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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82/100

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12/31/02
Janet Branagan
Apollo Guide
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5/10

...the film doesn't just run out of laughs; it becomes positively leaden by the last half hour.

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09/18/02
John J. Puccio
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2/5

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08/28/02
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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1/5

"what looks like a sure thing misfires miserably"

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07/29/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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