The Crew (2000/I)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Michael Dinner

Writer (WGA):

Barry Fanaro (written by)

Release Date:

25 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Comedy

Tagline:

It may be artificial, but it's still their turf.

Plot:

Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Stripper | Beach | Father Daughter Relationship | Eighteen Wheeler

Cast

Richard Dreyfuss	...	Bobby Bartellemeo / Narrator
Burt Reynolds	...	Joey 'Bats' Pistella
Dan Hedaya	...	Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli
Seymour Cassel	...	Tony 'Mouth' Donato
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Detective Olivia Neal
Jennifer Tilly	...	Ferris 'aka Maureen' Lowenstein
Lainie Kazan	...	Pepper Lowenstein
Miguel Sandoval	...	Raul Ventana, Drug Lord
Jeremy Piven	...	Det. Steve Menteer
Casey Siemaszko	...	Young Bobby Bartellemeo
Matthew Borlenghi	...	Young Joey 'Bats' Pistella (as Matt Borlenghi)
Billy Jayne	...	Young Tony 'Mouth' Donato
Jeremy Ratchford	...	Young Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli
Mike Moroff	...	Jorge
José Zúñiga	...	Escobar

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, violence and langauge.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #37364) | Brazil:14 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Spain:7 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

George Litto Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When two of the gang members and the ladies are kidnapped from the retirement home, as they get in the car the weather is clear and the road is dry. However, in the next scene as they arrive at the dock the road is wet with small puddles - a clear sign that it rained between shots.

Quotes:

Pepper Lowenstein: You torched my house?
Mike "The Brick" Donatelli: We had to make it look like an accident.
Pepper Lowenstein: Oh my God! That house was going to be featured in Better Home & Gardens.
Bobby Bartellemeo: Well, you can still be in Gardens.

Movie Connections:

References "Captain Kangaroo" (1955)

Soundtrack:

Solemn Occasion

Not good, but not a waste either

This film doesn't have all the great jokes it could've had, but it does have likeable characters and a Ok premise. In Space Cowboys it had everything right, with the old timers. This film doesn't have it all. But, it does have some good acting (mainly by the 4 leads) and some good humor at the wiseguy genre (following in Mafia!, The Sopranos and Analyze This) and even though it doesn't help enough, it makes it watchable. For some. C