Wise Guys
Wise Guys
R | 17 April 1986 (USA)
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Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

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Exoticalot

People are voting emotionally.

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Verity Robins

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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Portia Hilton

Blistering performances.

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Kaydan Christian

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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douglasrichards

So I ordered an XL Pizza & 35 Boneless Wings Plain Hs / Os Pizza Cut In Squares I got no Hott Sauce ots and no Blue Cheese At All.. And My Pizza Was Not City In Squares, But The Food Was Delicious. Just wish they would not have Forgotten my hot Sauce or my Blue Cheese....

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Predrag

This is a great movie if you like the life. They teach you how to outsmart the mob and come out on top. Harry & Moe want to be somebody but when they make a mistake it could cost them their lives. They take off to Atlantic City and hide out from the mob bosses and from their-selves only to find the true meaning of friendship and loyalty. Casting such talented people as Danny Devito, Joe Piscopo, Dan Hedaya, Harvey Keitel, Captain Lou Albano, Patti Lupone, Ray Sharkey, working from a script by George Gallo, produced by Aaron Russo, DePalma put his trademark stamp on this film, and turned out something so funny that you will be screaming with laughter the entire time.Yes, even though it is a comedy, DePalma throws in a terrific last minute twist that is utterly climatic and fantastic and hilarious. Everyone in this is hilarious, especially Albano, Devito, and Piscopo, who never did a funnier film before or after this one. Not to be mistaken and/or confused with the dreadful "Johnny Dangerously". Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

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Nick Drew

Director Brian De Palma (Scarface, The Untouchables) seemed to have really missed the mark with this unsuccessful attempt at what could only be interpreted as a morbidly dark comedy, but I'm still not sure "comedy" is among the words I am looking for to describe this outing.This movie kicks off with some fun animated cartoon credits, which would have you initially believe this to be something good-natured, with some clever lighthearted Mobster capers to proceed. But then when the movie actually begins, the wolf takes no time to reveal itself from its sheep's clothing, and proceeds to claw at the viewers resiliency to tolerate ill humour such as this.Both leads - Devito and Piscopo, both give enthusiastic energised performances, but it is all for nil, as they don't have anything targetable to work for generating funny moments. The script here is by and large just one exasperating concoctions of sleaze and bad taste humour which, in my opinion, was no fun at all to watch in action. And unfortunately on the other hand, the more visual-based attempts at humour don't really come off well either, as they are constructed without any light touch and hammered home in such a deliberated fashion, ultimately resulting in predictability.As this movie makes some winks at Taxi Driver, I would say it is fair to admit that Wise Guys as a comedy was about as funny as that movie. I approached this with hopes of a fun Mobster movie, but in the end find it difficult to think of any redeeming aspects about this fiasco. Skip it.

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yyeabby

This is one of the best movies of all time, a Brian De Palma film with an all star cast featuring Danny DeVito, Harvey Keitel, Joe Piscopo, & staring Capt. Lou Albano who delivers a Marlon Brando Academy Award performance as only he can do. Wrestlers are naturals as actors & Capt. Lou was the perfect choice to play Frank the Fixer. At first I didn't recognize him all cleaned up without his trademark beard tied in a rubber band, but the voice & mannerism was classic Capt Lou. The Clark Gable mustache looked good. A bit of trivia, this is the third movie that Harvey Keitel has appeared in, where there was a character role titled the "Fixer" & he was the "Fixer" in two of them. Can you guess what they are? This masterpiece is synonymous with Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, & Madam Savant.......Buy & watch it today, you half wit savants...........

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