Mighty Fine (2012)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 12
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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 8
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Set in the 1970s, Mighty Fine is the story of Joe Fine, a charismatic, high-spirited man, who relocates his family-wife Stella, daughters Nathalie and Maddie - from Brooklyn to New Orleans, in search of a better life. Joe's devotion to his family knows no bounds, and he seeks to provide them with the ultimate in the good life, from a palatial home to a steady string of extravagant gifts. Unfortunately, Joe's spending spree is wildly out of touch with reality, as his apparel business is teetering
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Cast
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Chazz Palminteri
Joe Fine -
Andie MacDowell
Stella Fine -
Jodelle Ferland
Natalie Fine -
Rainey Qualley
Maddie Fine -
Paul Ben-Victor
Bobby -
Arthur J. Nascarella
Lenny -
Janeane Garofalo
Natalie Fine - Adult (V... -
Richard Kohnke
Earl -
Kent Jude Bernard
Louie -
Miles Doleac
Mr. Smith -
Tibor Feldman
Dr. Tessler -
Ron Flagge
Sam -
Joseph Meissner
Veterinarian -
Lee Hardee
Southern Boy -
Ann McKenzie
Poetry Contest Judge -
Geraldine Singer
Gracie -
Lloyd Watts
Man on Car -
Doug Wilson
Police Officer -
Noah Rosenfeld
Owen -
Zachary Rosenfeld
James -
Ramona Tyler
Kelly -
Todd Williams
Maître d' -
Judith Durning
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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (12)
A well-meaning but unstable hand at the tiller, and a propensity for charting plot points, rather than a clear narrative destination.
Top CriticIf you can overlook Andie MacDowell's Mitteleuropa accent as a Jewish Holocaust survivor (I know: big if), the cinematic roman a clef "Mighty Fine" has some quiet charms.
"Mighty Fine," unfortunately, isn't.
Mighty Fine is an incisive portrait of an insecure, manic-depressive tyrant that Mr. Palminteri makes entirely believable.
Too many directions can be as much of a liability for a movie as too few, and "Mighty Fine" heads in all of them.
Director Debbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld wraps so much narrative string around this slight ball it unravels messily, despite nice work from the reliable Palminteri.
A somewhat drab and unimaginative telling further dents this dull melodrama of already rather limited psychological insights, and pat conclusions and catharses.
We're left with something akin to a Lifetime movie, as there are a number of interesting possibilities, which could have added complexity and depth to the film, that are never fleshed out.
Mighty bad.
Debbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld's film seems oddly anemic when it deals with anyone but Chazz Palminteri's Joe.
A semi-autobiographical story of a man's over-reaching, which leads him to consider violent options in dealing with himself and his family.
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