My Blue Heaven (1990/I)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writer (WGA):

Nora Ephron (written by)

Release Date:

17 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The stars of Parenthood in comedy about an urban hood finding suburbanhood.

Plot:

An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | FBI Agent | Witness Protection | Mafia | Gangster

Cast

Steve Martin	...	Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli
Rick Moranis	...	Barney Coopersmith
Joan Cusack	...	Hannah Stubbs
Melanie Mayron	...	Crystal Rybak
Bill Irwin	...	Kirby (as William Irwin)
Carol Kane	...	Shaldeen
William Hickey	...	Billy Sparrow
Deborah Rush	...	Linda
Daniel Stern	...	Will Stubbs
Jesse Bradford	...	Jamie
Corey Carrier	...	Tommie
Seth Jaffe	...	Umberto Mello
Robert Miranda	...	Lilo Mello
Ed Lauter	...	Underwood
Julie Bovasso	...	Vinnie's Mother

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Atascadero, California, USA

Company:

Hawn / Sylbert Movie Company

Trivia:

The baseball stadium at the end of the movie is George C. Page Stadium on the campus of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Goofs:

Continuity: The turtle is first shown in a glass dish with two handles. When Mrs. Stubbs goes to wash the dish, it has no handles.

Quotes:

[Vincent Antonelli is questioned about the stolen goods in the trunk of the car he stole]
Hannah Stubbs: The books...
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli: You have something against books?
Hannah Stubbs: I have nothing about books! I am curious about the books in your trunk.
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli: You see, I was thinking of writing my story, so I bought this one on how to do it.
Hannah Stubbs: Why do you need 25 copies of it?
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli: In case I want to read it more than once...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Prince (#31.12)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

Light hearted jaunt

This film went completely under the radar in 1990 and it isn't all that bad. Steve Martin hams it up as Vinnie, a mob informant under the Witness protection program, Rick Moranis is the FBI agent assigned to protect him, and Joan Cusack plays Moranis' love interest/Vinnie's enemy as the DA of the suburban town Martin has been relocated to. These three are the best part of the movie. There are definite plot holes, the script gives Martin a couple of one liners but is weak in general, and nothing else really stands out about this movie. WHat made it worth while to watch is the great chemistry between the three leads. Martin gives it his all and is very funny. Moranis has it tougher while trying to be a nerd/FBI agent(unusual combo) but he pulls it off. His face is so expressive its like you can see what he is thinking. This makes the scenes where Martin is making him do something crazy that much better. All in all, its not great but its worth watching with your kids because they will love it and you will be entertained.