SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Python Hyena Mafia (1998): Dir: Jim Abrahams / Cast: Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Lloyd Bridges, Olympia Dukakis, Billy Burke: Slapstick comedies are suppose to be funny yet I doubt I laughed ten times during this stupid charade. It is sad to see talent deteriorate the way it does here. Directed by Jim Abrahams who has directed superior and funnier comedies such as Top Secret and Airplane. He even joined them in creating two of the hilarious Naked Gun comedies. The only joke that really works is an inspired scene that parodies Jaws. Asides from that this film is dead in the water. Final film for Lloyd Bridges who plays a mob boss who receives several gun shot wounds in a joke that dragged on way too long. His son will take over who is set to marry the lady President who strives for peace. Jay Mohr has his moments as he becomes the next target. Christina Applegate as the female President is total cardboard in a predictable role. She will be opposed to all things Mohr stands for but ultimately they will bang each other. Bridges as his father is inspired but he was so much more funnier in Airplane. It is unfortunate that this is his final film but at least he seems to be going out laughing. It satires gangster films but there are too many unnecessary subplots. Perhaps Abrahams should reunite with the Zucker boys and recreate the hilarity they're famous for. Score: 5 ½ / 10

PWNYCNY I was channel surfing when purely be accident I came across this movie being televised on a local channel. Well, what a surprise! This is one of the better movie satires. Goofy scenes, great one-liners, great comic acting, all combined to make this movie an amusing and enjoyable entertainment experience. It's surprising that this movie is not better known because it deserves more recognition. The movie is funny without being pretentious and pokes fun at gangster films without being nasty or cruel. The characters are endearing and the actors perform their roles with great comedic skill. The humor is lowbrow, but that's good because lowbrow humor can be funny.

Thomas Barone This movie was offensive to Italians and Italian-Americans everywhere, using stereotypes in a cheap attempt at lowbrow humor. At least a show like The Sopranos (which trades in the same negative stereotyping) attempts to make social commentary about the human condition. This movie is not smart, not funny, and not classy.Clearly, all ethnic groups are stereotyped in the popular media. It's an unfortunate fact of life in Hollywood that writers use easy stereotypes as a way to quickly tell a story.The fact is that FBI statistics show that less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the approximately 25 million Italian-Americans in this country are involved in organized crime. These statistics also show that Italian-Americans are one of the least-arrested ethnic groups in this country for any sort of crime. Yet, the mafia and criminal stereotype of Italians still thrives.Respected columnist Jack Newfield once wrote that, "Prejudice against Italian-Americans is the most tolerated intolerance... (There is a) long tradition of Italian bashing." And Hollywood screenwriter and Broadway playwright John Patrick Shanley said in a Time Magazine interview that Italian-Americans "are the last ethnic group America can comfortably mock." Please don't waste your time with this movies.

jotix100 Jim Abrahams, the director of "Jane Austen's Mafia", is a man that knows a thing, or two, about what to give the public as he has already shown in his acerbic satires. This one, came without any warning the other night and frankly, either we were in a giddy mood, or we were ready to laugh looking at this spoof on the different Godfathers films, as well as others, most notably, Goodfellas and Casino. Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese might have laughed at seeing some of the material they directed seen in a different light.The casting was excellent. LLoyd Bridges, for whom the film is dedicated, gives a great performance as the older Vincenzo Cortino. Jay Mohr as the younger Cortino is good. The same can be said for the rest of the cast that do some amazing funny turns.The only suggestion is to stay tuned to the credits because of the funny lines in between the names of the people involved in this film. If you're in a mood for fun and want to see some light fare, this is the film for you.