Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

2013

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

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Movie Info

Bobby Baldano, (William DeMeo) is the black sheep of his family. When he gets out of prison after serving a five year sentence, his Father, (Armand Assante) has high hopes of a fresh start for him and coming to work at Joseph Baldano & Sons Contracting, the legitimate and thriving multi-generational family business Bobby's grandfather built up from nothing. But Bobby's a mob connected street thug who gets caught back up in a life of inescapable crime. He has two families - one supportive and loving, the other dangerous and deadly. He must decide between the two families and once he does truths are revealed that Bobby always knew but was too blind to see and too afraid to face. (c) Official Site

Rating:

R (for adult language and brief nudity)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama
Directed By:

Paul Borghese
Written By:

Paul Borghese, William DeMeo
In Theaters:

May 3, 2013 limited
On Disc/Streaming:

May 21, 2013
Runtime:

116 minutes
Studio:

LionsGate Entertainment

Cast

Ice-T
as Tyler Moss

William DeMeo
as Bobby Baldano

Armand Assante
as Joseph Baldano, Sr.

Ja Rule
as Willie Davis

Cathy Moriarty
as Sarah Baldano

Louis Vanaria
as Stan 'The Jew' Gerzof

Wass Stevens
as Jimmy Vitigliano

Vincent Pastore
as Luigi Leone

Tony Darrow
as Patsy Pirati

Elia Monte-Brown
as Rena

Samantha Ivers
as Gina

Paul Borghese
as Agent Russo

Bobby Costanzo
as Lenny

William Sweet
as Agent Benson

Bronson Arroyo
as Chip

Kevin Youkilis
as Chuck

Eduardo Pérez
as Pablo

Corey "Complex" Roberts
as Joey "The Kid"

Anthony Henry
as Tyrone

Phil Altomare
as Phily

Alex Dimenna
as Big Al

Lorraine Ziff
as Eleanor Klein

Steven Maglio
as Stevie "Sinatra"

Christian DeMeo
as Boy on Street Corner

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Critic Reviews for Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (4) | Rotten (6)

"GoodFellas" is just one of the movies that did this all much better before.

May 3, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Farran Smith Nehme
New York Post
Top Critic
Packing the screen with wiseguy-story regulars - like Vincent Pastore and a limp Tony Darrow, perhaps distracted by his recent legal difficulties - is fruitless when your movie is as pathetically inept as this one.

May 2, 2013 | Rating: 2/5

Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
Top Critic
Cathy Moriarty and other Scorsese alums pop up, but these mean streets feel too derivative to thrill.

May 2, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
Top Critic
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn's vision of the Mafia comes filtered through a needlessly complex screenplay, as if the creators felt the need to prove they've seen a few Arnaud Desplechin films alongside Goodfellas.

Apr 30, 2013 | Full Review…

Steve Erickson
Village Voice
Top Critic
Solid performances can't save the film from its banal, convoluted screenplay that leaves no room for interpretation or subtlety.

May 5, 2013 | Rating: 5.45/10 | Full Review…

Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru
As far as derivative crime sagas go, Paul Borghese's film might represent the new gold standard of shameless barrel-scraping.

Apr 30, 2013 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Drew Hunt
Slant Magazine