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Movie Info

As the owner of the Florentine -- a working-class bar in an economically depressed town -- Whitey (Michael Madsen) dispenses drinks to a number of troubled locals. Among the regulars there are compulsive gambler Bobby (Chris Penn) and Whitey's sister, Molly (Virginia Madsen), who is preparing to get married when her old flame, Teddy (Tom Sizemore), returns to the area. Whitey and Bobby must contend with a no-nonsense mobster who is squeezing them both for money.

Rating:

R
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Nick Stagliano
Producer:

Tom Benson, Nick Stagliano, Chris Penn, Steven Weisman
Release Date (Streaming):

May 1, 2019
Runtime:

1h 44m

Cast & Crew

Michael Madsen
Whitey

Chris Penn
Bobby

Jeremy Davies
Truby

Tom Sizemore
Teddy

Luke Perry
Frankie

James Belushi
Billy Belasco

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Critic Reviews for The Florentine

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October 14, 2004 | Rating: 5/10

Dragan Antulov
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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/5

Christopher Null
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Audience Reviews for The Florentine

Jan 20, 2011

Somebody must've had deep pockets or connections to put these actors together in 1 movie but all these actors couldn't save The Florentine.It was BORING! I really thought the 1st movie I saw Michael Madsen & Tom Sizemore together in would be a Cop movie, Action flick or Crime Drama

Brody M Super Reviewer
Aug 27, 2010

The early going was quite depressing, as we watched a bar owner, Whitey (Michael Madsen), struggling to keep his seedy neighborhood bar afloat in a sea of debt to the local Shylock. That mood continued through the center section as a hustler (Jim Belushi) works his swindle on a friend of Whitey's, played by Luke Perry, who shows us that he is more than just a pretty face. And the guy (Tom Sizemore) who ran out on Whitey's soon-to-be-married sister, played by Virginia Madsen, has returned to town with a heavy load of guilt for his past sins. The darkness drags on through the final wedding preparations, right up to the final ten minutes, when finally the sun breaks through the clouds and everything turns out hearts and flowers (metaphorically speaking)! As a character study, this gets a lot of the bits right, but as a story, it was hard to feel anything but sadness. There are several interesting side stories, and the interaction amongst the various characters played fairly genuine. The local color provided by the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania gave the film an authenticity that would be hard to duplicate anywhere else. Just be prepared to empty your account of pathos for this bunch of sad sacks.

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