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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

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Comedies

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.... 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]

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

Starring: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Glynnis O'Connor, Dom DeLuise, Jack Nance, James Ingman, Richard Dimitri

Director: Amy Heckerling

Director: Amy Heckerling

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Keaton in starring role helps, but overall average laughs.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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01/25/06
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

Good spoof of The Roaring Twenties

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08/13/05
Michael E. Grost
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Chuck O'Leary
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Rebecca Murray
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About.com

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

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Rob Thomas
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Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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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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Rob Vaux
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04/02/03
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
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A mob comedy that shoots only blanks.

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03/30/03
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Janet Branagan
Janet Branagan
Apollo Guide

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

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Philip Martin
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

"what looks like a sure thing misfires miserably"

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