The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.
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Two veterans of the Bosnian War -- one American, one Serbian -- find their unlikely friendship turn tense with one of them reveals their true intentions.
Director:
Mark Steven Johnson
Stars:
Robert De Niro,
John Travolta,
Milo Ventimiglia
A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of CIA Agent Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones) to keep them in line, Fred Manzoni (Robert De Niro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D'Leo) can't help but revert to old habits and blow their cover by handling their problems the "family" way, enabling their former mafia cronies to track them down. Chaos ensues as old scores are settled in the unlikeliest of settings. Written by
Minoesch
The source novel's title, Malavita, is the name of the family dog. See more »
Goofs
When the hitmen arrive in the train station they take two cars, a Mercedes and a BMW. The BMW is a 5 Series (E39) which production began from September 1995. Since the action is taking place according to the school newspaper in May 1995, this car model isn't on the market yet. See more »
Quotes
Robert Stansfield:
If I find out that you had anything even remotely to do with this, you're going to go away for a hell of a long time.
Fred Blake:
Clam down, I was with *you* all night.
Robert Stansfield:
That's the problem, your alibi is too good.
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Crazy Credits
At the beginning, the words "father", "mother", "son" and "daughter" are shown and intersected. Some of the letters vanish, and the remaining ones spell the film's title. See more »
Rags to Riches
Written by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross
Performed by Tony Bennett
Originally released 1953
All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
With Courtesy of SOny Music Entertainment France
Copyright Warner Chappell Music International Ltd.
With Courtesy of Warner Chappell Music France
Copyright 1953, Renewed 1981. Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd./ASCAP/J&J Ross Company LLC/ASCAP
All rights reserved. Used by permission. See more »
I watched this almost expecting to be disappointed.
I ended up watching it twice.
After a few times of "things" happening they came to be expected. But I still couldn't help laughing. And really the only time I didn't laugh was because the script decided to have a couple serious moments.
Don't get me wrong. This isn't just stupid laughs. There is a plot, there is acting, there is everything that makes a great movie.
I think the only way this could have been funnier is if Joe Pesci had been in it also.
This movie literally defines "wise-guy".
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I watched this almost expecting to be disappointed.
I ended up watching it twice.
After a few times of "things" happening they came to be expected. But I still couldn't help laughing. And really the only time I didn't laugh was because the script decided to have a couple serious moments.
Don't get me wrong. This isn't just stupid laughs. There is a plot, there is acting, there is everything that makes a great movie.
I think the only way this could have been funnier is if Joe Pesci had been in it also.
This movie literally defines "wise-guy".