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Dominican Rep. Brooklyn Rules
- Original title
- Brooklyn Rules
- Year
- 2007
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Mafia
- Synopsis
- Written by three-time Emmy winner Terence Winter (The Sopranos), Brooklyn
Rules is a powerful story of loyalty, friendship, and sacrifice. Set in Brooklyn circa 1985 against the backdrop of John Gotti’s rise to power, the film revolves around three lifelong friends whose different ambitions threaten to shake their enduring bond. Michael (FREDDIE PRINZE JR.), the narrator, is a lovable charmer with the soul of a con man who successfully scams his way into the pre-law program at Columbia University. In contrast to Michael’s desire to leave the Brooklyn streets behind, his close friend Carmine (SCOTT CAAN), a handsome lady-killer enamored by the Mafia lifestyle, wants nothing more than to stay there. Rounding out the trio is Bobby (Entourage’s JERRY FERRARA), an endearing cheapskate who longs for a simple life of working at the Post Office and settling down with his fiancée.
While at Columbia, Michael falls for a beautiful young student named Ellen
(MENA SUVARI), a society girl whom he initially wins over with his preppy schoolboy cover. As their relationship blossoms, leaving the streets behind seems increasingly possible, but when Carmine catches the eye of Caesar (ALEC BALDWIN), a feared mobster who controls their Brooklyn neighborhood, Michael and Bobby are drawn into that world despite their reluctance to get involved.
Brooklyn Rules comes down to the choices faced by three young men when the right path is not always the easiest to follow, and when being a loyal friend can mean making the ultimate sacrifice.
US release date: may 18th 2006.- Critics' reviews
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"It's not quite layered or weighty enough to fill the aching hole left in our psyches by the end of 'The Sopranos,' and most of the developments are as obvious as sauce on spaghetti"
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"Not as bad as Bobby's mother's lasagna, neither is Brooklyn Rules anywhere near the best you've ever had, though at times, it may remind you of it."
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"Michael Corrente's 'Brooklyn Rules' takes him to the mean streets of Gotti country, circa 1985, and it's another gem."
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"A sometimes funny, occasionally maudlin coming-of-age dramedy that wants to be 'Goodfellas'"
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"The kind of movie that cries out for the fast-forward button."
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