Réalisation:
Jim AbrahamsPhotographie:
Pierre LetarteMusique:
John FrizzellActeurs·trices:
Jay Mohr, Billy Burke, Christina Applegate, Pamela Gidley, Olympia Dukakis, Lloyd Bridges, Jason Fuchs, Joe Viterelli, Tony Lo Bianco (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
This hapless comedy may actually work a lot better on video than it did in theaters. A parody of contemporary mob movies (with a few sidebars skewering such hits as Forrest Gump and The English Patient), Mafia! most closely resembles the first two Godfather films in its generational saga of a gangster family. Lloyd Bridges plays Don Cortino, a native Sicilian who presides over a crime syndicate, and Jay Mohr plays his Michael Corleone-like son. The film is by Jim Abrahams, formerly of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker directing team (Airplane!, The Naked Gun), single- handedly trotting out the old dumb-joke aesthetic that worked wonderfully a lifetime ago but looks a little creaky in the era of There's Something About Mary. Silly allusions to every crime film (GoodFellas, Casino) produced in the last three decades and featuring at least one wise guy or made man find their way into Mafia!'s gags, but most are arbitrary and shrugged off. The film tanked in theaters for good reason; on the other hand, Mafia! might have a lot more to offer if you're slumped on your own couch at the end of a long day, ready for brain-dead entertainment and absolutely apathetic about comic integrity. Even a film this instantly stale on the big screen might have its place in video posterity. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
Another wacky and self-indulgent parody, this time focusing on famous mafia gems mostly by Coppola and Scorsese. Although my review may not make it look so, I had a very good time. Most of the jokes and references were really good, but they were part of a completely chaotic script that turned into short sketches and parodies of famous scenes rather than a meaningful story. And since Abrahams is also behind gems like The Naked Gun and Hot Shots, I'm not going to forgive him and I will keep the fourth star for myself. 70%
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