Prizzi's Honor (1985)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 29 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
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. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, John Randolph, William Hickey
Director: John Huston
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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.
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08/16/08
A blackly comic and insidiously sly love story in the unforgiving underworld of mob families and freelance criminals...
07/20/08
Huston steers clear of slapstick cliché and keeps the comedy coming, right to its violently funny ending.
02/05/08
John Huston's Prizzi's Honor packs love, sex, and murder -- and dark comedy -- into a labyrinthine tale.
02/05/08
Top Critic
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.
02/05/08
Top Critic
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.
07/25/06
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.
02/05/05
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.
10/23/04
Top Critic
A black comedy about an ill-fated love affair and the nasty politics of a criminal clan.
08/22/04
As divertidas (e exageradas) performances de Nicholson e Hickey são o ponto alto deste filme apenas regular.
04/12/04
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