Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Movie Info
Cast
as Charley Partanna
as Irene Walker
as Eduardo Prizzi
as Maerose Prizzi
as Don Corrado Prizzi
as Angelo Partanna
as Dominic Prizzi
as Filargi `Finlay'
as Plumber
as Lt. Hanley
as Peaches Altamont
as Amalia Prizzi
as Cigar Smoker
as Phil Vittimizzare
as Man at Mexican Wedding
as Bluestone
as Casco Vascone
as Theresa Prizzi
as Opera Singer
as Don's Bodyguard
as Gallagher
as Marxie Heller
as Bocca
as Gomsky
as Presto Ciglione
as Beulah
as Bocca
as Photographer
as Photographer
as Soldier
as Photographer
as Policeman
as Policeman
as Bride and Groom at Mexican Chapel
as Bride and Groom at Mexican Chapel
as Airport Clerk
as Charley at 17
as Anchorman Fred
as Kiely
as Bodyguard
as Mrs. Calhane
as Priest
as Cigar Smoker
as Priest
as Bishop
as Cigar Smoker
as Cigar Smoker
as Soprano in Church
as Bartender
as Cigar Smoker
as Woman at Mexican Wedding
as Man at Mexican Wedding
as Man at Mexican Wedding
Critic Reviews for Prizzi's Honor
All Critics (33) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (4) | DVD (7)
John Huston's Prizzi's Honor packs love, sex, and murder -- and dark comedy -- into a labyrinthine tale.
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.
A very stylish walk with love and death.
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.
Almost every possible mob film has been made, but this one still feels inventive and engaging.
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.
Audience Reviews for Prizzi's Honor
A hit man falls in love with a counterpart who robs his employers. Anjelica Huston's icy but damaged mob daughter earns this film a full star in my book, not mention the Oscar it won Huston. With a cool, reserved vulnerability, her performance is captivating. The rest of the film is not as good. The love story plot is horribly developed. There is very little chemistry between Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, and the characters senselessly dive into a relationship that is based on so little that it makes one wonder why they would give up so much for its sake. The eventual plot twists are formulaic and predictable. Overall, the film makes no sense as a drama, and though it's meant to be a comedy, I don't get the joke.
Super Reviewer
John Huston has a little fun with the by now typical New York family crime tale when one of their main killers spots a beautiful blonde at a Mob wedding and is instantly smitten. There's a catch though ... she's a contract killer too. Nicholson and Turner are good enough for charm and Huston's daughter gets to shine too, enough to win Best Supporting Actress for that year.
Super Reviewer
For as much as I remember Prizzi's Honor getting talked up when I was a kid, as an adult I've got to ask what the hell the big goddamn deal was about. The story sets up an interesting premise but takes some major lapses in logic (even if the only mafia movie you've ever seen is The Godfather) and ties things up W A Y too conveniently at the end. The performances were either hammy and over the top (I'm talking to you, Nicholson) or downright negligible (*cough*KathleenTurner*cough*.) The only exception was Anjelica Huston whose foxy magnificence was grossly underused. I actually almost turned Prizzi's Honor off in the first half hour, but by the time the credits rolled I was sort of glad I didn't, but I've got the feeling that John Huston was counting on nonexistent charm to carry this story where there was never really anything there.
Super Reviewer
Prizzi's Honor Quotes
| Irene Walker: | They'd eat their children before they'd part with money. And they LOVE their children. |
| Irene Walker: | They'd eat their children before they'd part with money and they love their children. |
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