| coming of age with de niro as your father (and director) |
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| written by psychodrama311 |
June 15, 2003 - 12:26 AM PDT |
oh, mr de niro's directorial debut proves strong and lively, evidenced by how close he kept to a topic that's like home for him; a young, starry eyed italian kid growing up little italy in the late 60's. as the naive protagonist calogero, or 'C' as he is nicknamed, lillo brancato gives a great performance as a young man torn between by his strict father and the charisma of neighborhood crime boss sonny (played to the hilt by chazz palminteri, who also wrote the play that this movie is based on). i don't really consider this a mafia movie, it's much more of a coming-of-age tale. however, the background mr de niro provides is so intimate and thorough that you wish for another film chronicling the life of sonny. finally a great actor who can direct. here's to hoping mr de niro get's a few more movie's under his director's hat.
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