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Little Odessa

  • 19941994
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  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
8.4K
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Little Odessa (1994)
Early 1990s drama about a family of Soviet Jews living in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach ocean-side neighborhood nicknamed Little Odessa.
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CrimeDrama
A cold-blooded hitman visits his estranged Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn.A cold-blooded hitman visits his estranged Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn.A cold-blooded hitman visits his estranged Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn.
IMDb RATING
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8.4K
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    • James Gray
    • James Gray
  • Stars
    • Tim Roth
    • Edward Furlong
    • Moira Kelly
    • James Gray
    • James Gray
  • Stars
    • Tim Roth
    • Edward Furlong
    • Moira Kelly
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    • 41User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
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    Little Odessa (1994)
    Edward Furlong and Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994)
    Edward Furlong and Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994)
    Edward Furlong and Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994)
    Edward Furlong and Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994)
    Vanessa Redgrave in Little Odessa (1994)
    Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994)
    Vanessa Redgrave, Tim Roth, and Maximilian Schell in Little Odessa (1994)
    Edward Furlong, Tim Roth, and Moira Kelly in Little Odessa (1994)
    Tim Roth and Moira Kelly in Little Odessa (1994)
    Tim Roth and Maximilian Schell in Little Odessa (1994)
    Tim Roth in Little Odessa (1994)

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    Tim Roth
    Tim Roth
    • Joshua Shapira
    Edward Furlong
    Edward Furlong
    • Reuben Shapira
    Moira Kelly
    Moira Kelly
    • Alla Shustervich
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Vanessa Redgrave
    • Irina Shapira
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • Boris Volkoff
    Natalya Andreychenko
    Natalya Andreychenko
    • Natasha
    Maximilian Schell
    Maximilian Schell
    • Arkady Shapira
    David Vadim
    David Vadim
    • Sasha
    Mina Bern
    Mina Bern
    • Grandma Tsilya
    Boris McGiver
    Boris McGiver
    • Ivan
    Mohammad Ghaffari
    • Pahlevi
    • (as Mohammed Ghaffari)
    Michael Khmurov
    Michael Khmurov
    • Yuri
    Dmitry Preyers
    • Victor
    David Ross
    • Anatoly
    Ron Brice
    Ron Brice
    • Man with One Leg
    Jace Kent
    • Mechanic
    Marianna Lead
    • Clara
    Gene Ruffini
    • Janitor
      • James Gray
      • James Gray
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    • Trivia
      This film contains just 454 shots in about 92 minutes of action (i.e. excluding the credits). This equates to an average shot length of about 12 seconds. This is very long compared to the 3 - 6 second standard of most Hollywood films made in the 1990s.
    • Goofs
      Obviously shot out of sequence because snow can be seen in some shots and not the next.
    • Quotes

      Arkady Shapira: You know there is a saying: When a child is six years old, it says, "the father can do everything". When he's twelve, he says, "the father can almost do everything". When he's sixteen, he says, "the father is an idiot". When he's twenty-four, he says, "the father wasn't maybe such an idiot", and then, when he's forty, he says, "if I could only ask my father". But I'm afraid my sons will never ask themselves that.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Bridges of Madison County/Die Hard with a Vengeance/Forget Paris/Titanica/Little Odessa (1995)

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    7/10
    Savage and sad....
    I'm a long time fan of Tim Roth, who doesn't do nearly as much as I'd like him to, these days. The other British stalwart in this, the equally excellent Vanessa Redgrave was another point of interest for me.

    There's a real brutal efficiency to this film that makes it unlikeable but also demands respect and our attention. Roth is the roving assassin who is forced to do his next job in his old neighbourhood and that means getting reacquainted with his family: dying Mum (Redgrave), hateful and abusive Father (Maximilian Spiel), as well as impressionable younger brother (Edward Furlong). 24 year old débutant director James Gray comes up with - and scripts - a surprisingly mature piece of crime cinema that is both poignant, moving and shocking.

    To my mind, the violence should rate the film at 18, not 15; the cold- blooded unfeeling of Roth's callous and unflinching "jobs" don't even give us time for any bad taste to form in our mouths. I can see that some would find this a barrier to their enjoyment in what is mostly a character- driven drama of some depth. The winter-set scenes of back street Brooklyn are chillingly authentic and bleak and these help remind us of the family's Russian roots. The father, a devout Jew, who's also having an affair often speaks Russian still, hanging to his identity the best he can, in an alienating, changing and disintegrating world.

    There are also some tender moments between assassin son and brain-tumour suffering mother, and of him lovemaking with his girlfriend, who wants to try to understand him and his motives. His younger brother tries to keep his own feet on the ground, whilst his sibling gradually but surely steals his innocence.

    Yes, it is sad - and savage but strangely rewarding, too.
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    • Jan 3, 2012

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 1995 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Fine Line Features
      • Live Entertainment
      • New Line Cinema
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital

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