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Wise Guys (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 5  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 4.2/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Synopsis: Two errand boys for the Mob try to outfox their ruthless boss in this comedy by the master of cinematic hyperbole. Tired of their role as Mafia peons, best buddies Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein cook up a scheme to secure enough money to open a Jewish-Italian deli together. Sent to the... Two errand boys for the Mob try to outfox their ruthless boss in this comedy by the master of cinematic hyperbole. Tired of their role as Mafia peons, best buddies Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein cook up a scheme to secure enough money to open a Jewish-Italian deli together. Sent to the racetrack to place a bet for their employer, Harry and Moe attempt to cheat him out of his winnings and end up owing him $250,000 instead. Desperate to save their necks, the unlucky twosome head for Atlantic City in search of money to repay their blood-thirsty boss. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Danny DeVito, Joe Piscopo, Dan Hedaya, Harvey Keitel, Patti LuPone

Director: Brian De Palma

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Aug 30, 2005

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  • Best friends Harry and Moe are go-getters inside a Newark mob outfit. They go get the boss's drycleaning. They go get his car. Now they have a new task: go get each other. The boss has secretly hired each pal to whack the other.
  • Brian De Palma, whose Scarface and Carlito's Way are mobster-movie classics, finds the genre's funny bone in a comedy "filled with ideas and gags and great characters. It never runs dry" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Dan Hedaya and Harvey Keitel are among the ensemble's portrayers of kingpins and palookas. And Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo play the pals whose friendship might survive the mob?if they don't kill each other first.
  • Source: Warner Home Video

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    A mid-career faux pas, or the director's equivalent of the coruscating, laugh-stuck-in-your-throat dissonance of The King of Comedy?

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    Brian DePalma, who made some funny movies years ago, seems to have lost his touch.

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    A waste of celluloid.

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    Tony Toscano
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    A lame Mob comedy, proving Piscopo is not movie material

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    A terrific piece of throwaway entertainment.

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