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Prizzi's Honor

1985

John Huston

Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia ...

7.0

19,808

Drama. Romance. Comedy. Thriller Adapted from Richard Condon's novel, the film stars Nicholson as a none-too-bright hit man for a Mafia family who falls in love with an independent operator--a female killer played by Kathleen Turner. The two make a surprisingly funny couple, whether taking a fling at domesticity or comparing professional notes. But their romance is threatened by the woman Nicholson has jilted: the don's daughter, played by Anjelica Huston in a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A movie so dark, so cynical and so funny that perhaps only Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner could have kept straight faces during the love scenes (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A funhouse in which the skeletons that jump out at you are still quite fresh (...) All of the performers are fine, but the four principals, including Miss Huston, are terrific"	POS
United Kingdom	Paul Howlett The Guardian	"Probably the funniest mobster movie ever (...) A sublime meld of black satire, high camp and happy farce."	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"A very stylish walk with love and death"	POS
United States	Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times	"To say the film is the treasure of the year would be to bad-mouth it in this disastrous season. 'Prizzi’s Honor' would be the vastly original centerpiece of a 'great' year"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Not one of Nicholson's best, but an enjoyable comedy nonetheless"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The pacing is so lugubrious that the laughs never materialize"	NEG
United States	Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune	"The special charm of 'Prizzi`s Honor' (...) is not to be found in broad laughs. Rather, it grows out of the mixture of whimsy and heartbreak concocted by master director John Huston (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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