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Prizzi's Honor

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Prizzi's Honor (1985)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:28

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Black comedy about a thick hitman who falls for a woman who turns out to be in the same business. The romance hits a snag when "The Boss" hires each to rub out the other.

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, John Randolph

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, John Randolph, William Hickey, Robert Loggia

Director: John Huston

Director: John Huston

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Sep 16, 2003

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John Huston's dark, cynical comedy about the Mafia, one of his last pictures, suffers from the lack of chemistry between Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, but Anjelica Huston is excellent in a well-deserving Oscar-winning turn.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
08/16/08
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A blackly comic and insidiously sly love story in the unforgiving underworld of mob families and freelance criminals...

Full Review Source: Seanax.com | comment Comment
07/20/08
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seanax.com

No review available.

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04/11/08
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

No review available.

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03/20/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Huston steers clear of slapstick cliché and keeps the comedy coming, right to its violently funny ending.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
02/05/08
Channel 4 Film

John Huston's Prizzi's Honor packs love, sex, and murder -- and dark comedy -- into a labyrinthine tale.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/05/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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As usual, Turner works hard and manages to lend some conviction to a shoddily written part, but she can't connect with Nicholson, whose obscure hamminess leaves him isolated on some other planet.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 1 Comment
02/05/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Widely considered a black comedy classic, Prizzi's Honor is dated today and, tragically, finally revealed as a middling work that wanders aimlessly and ends abruptly.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment 1 Comment
07/25/06
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A very stylish walk with love and death.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

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03/09/06
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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10/07/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy

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05/06/05
Austin O'Connor
Austin O'Connor
Lowell Sun

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03/27/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Yes, it went a little too long, felt a little forced at times, began with one of the most unnecessary lengthy wedding scenes of all-time and ended on a note that simply didn't satisfy, but overall, I enjoyed it and would recommend it.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
02/05/05
JoBlo
JoBlo
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This is the most bizarre comedy in many a month, a movie so dark, so cynical and so funny that perhaps only Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner could have kept straight faces during the love scenes.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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A black comedy about an ill-fated love affair and the nasty politics of a criminal clan.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/22/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

As divertidas (e exageradas) performances de Nicholson e Hickey são o ponto alto deste filme apenas regular.

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04/12/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

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02/24/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

The film itself gets funnier, darker, and more complex as it goes along....

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
08/31/03
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
 
 
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