Six Ways to Sunday

1999

Six Ways to Sunday

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Writer, director, and producer Adam Bernstein followed up the disastrous comedy It's Pat: The Movie (1994) with this black comedy that mixes elements of Psycho (1960) and Goodfellas (1990). Former male model Norman Reedus stars as Harry Odum, a henpecked, 18-year-old momma's boy in Youngstown, Ohio, who -- with his violent temper -- impresses a local boss of the Jewish Mafia. Soon he's found his calling as a hit man alongside his crack addict partner Arnie Finklestein (Adrien Brody), and he discovers that his rage and complicated psychosis fuel his murderous abilities. Harry also falls for the organization's limping, Hungarian-born maid Iris (Elina Lowensohn), a romance complicated by Harry's Oedipal, sexual relationship with his domineering mother Kate (Deborah Harry).Six Ways to Sunday (1997) was based on the Charles Perry novel Portrait of a Young Man Drowning.

Rating:

R (adult situations/language, nudity, violence)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Comedy
Directed By:

Adam Bernstein
Written By:

Marc Gerald, Adam Bernstein
In Theaters:

Mar 5, 1999 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Aug 31, 1999
Runtime:

97 minutes
Studio:

Ardustry Home Entertainment

Cast

Norman Reedus
as Harry Odum

Deborah Harry
as Kate Odum

Adrien Brody
as Arnie Finklestein

Isaac Hayes
as Bennet

Paul D'Amato
as Fishetti

Holter Graham
as Madden

Peter Appel
as Abie `The Bug' Pinkwise

Kathy Lee Hart
as Waitress

Paul Lazar
as Hyman

Eugene Long
as Angry Chinese Man

Clark Gregg
as Benjamin Taft

Steve Itkin
as Rudolph Sax

Elina Löwensohn
as Iris

Jerry Adler
as Louis Varga

Anna Marie Wieder
as Madame Royce

Anna Levine
as Annibelle

Vincent Pastore
as Uncle Max

Christopher Mackin
as Men's Room Victim

Joseph Scott
as Concerned Neighbor

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Critic Reviews for Six Ways to Sunday

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (2) | DVD (1)

Lots of fun surprises in Adam Bernstein's debut feature.

Dec 12, 2006 | Rating: 4/5

Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
What can I really say about a movie that culminates with the main character having sex with his mother?

Feb 25, 2003 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
Exemplifies, all too painfully, the traditional criticisms of independent film.

Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 0/4 | Full Review…

Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
A sometimes funny parody and uncanny black comedy about incest, sexual repression, and the Jewish mob.

Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews