Emmy Nominated Andy Garcia and actress Julianna Margulies portray a married couple from City Island in this 2010 movie about a couple apparently fixed in a groove of life without excitement. The movie, made in 2009, shows what a dysfunctional family of people who can't seem to bring themselves to tell even the simplest truth to one another. For example, Garcia's character, Vince Rizzo, a corrections officer by day, wants to become a Hollywood star so he's been taking acting classes no one knows about.
This dark family comedy won the coveted audience award at the 2009 famed Tribeca Film Festival where most films go to generate a buzz which in turn brings more people out to view the film when it hits the theaters. This was its first screening and critics and movie-goers both enjoyed the hilarity that came out of this charming yet smart film about the lengths families will go to in order hide the truth from one another.
Each member of this family of fibbers is hiding a deep dark secret so that the rest of the relatives will not be destroyed from a revelation of what they are doing behind everyone's back. The father in the film, and popular star of the Ocean's movies, Garcia, wants to become a Hollywood actor but doesn't dare tell his wife or family. Margulies, of televisions the Good Wife, portrays Garcia's somewhat neurotic but always nosey wife. She spends hours trying to catch him in the act of cheating.
Other family members include a daughter who is supposed to be attending collage but instead is a stripper. This character is performed by Dominik Garca-Lorido of the Lost City. The Rizzo's young, teenage son's performance is done by Ezra Miller of television's Californication and he is trying to keep his secret love and fetish regarding the family's 300 pound neighbor. The performance of the drama coach of the elder Rizzo is done by Emmy Award Winner Alan Arkin from Little Miss Sunshine. He, too, has several secrets he's keeping from the rest of those on screen.
What makes the movie interesting and the big reason for 'why today?' is because the elder Rizzo became inspired by one of his acting exercises, so much so that he decided to find his long-lost son, Tony, played by Steven Strait from 10,000 BC. Having a long-lost son who happens to be an ex-con throws fire on an already supercharged situation and of course, hilarity ensues.
One more notable character is the elder Rizzo's acting partner played by Emily Mortimer of Shutter Island. Garcia and Mortimer's chemistry is nearly perfect for this quirky little comedy but it's the portal of they married couple of Garcia and Margulies' and their constant miscommunications and love-hate banter, in typical New York style, that are real scene stealers for this movie.
The movie's namesake is a real live place just outside of the Bronx's and it is teaming with tradition. There are basically no 'outsiders' in the tiny former fishing village and parents hand down their houses from generation to generation. People outside of Manhattan and the Bronx don't know of this beautiful little community, that is, until now.
This movie came out in April of 2010 and the Blu-Ray and DVD release date is scheduled for August 24, 2010. In addition to his acting duties, Andy Garcia is also one of the many producers, joining several co-producers and executive producers. The film was written and directed, as a labor of love by Raymond De Felitta. - 39815
This dark family comedy won the coveted audience award at the 2009 famed Tribeca Film Festival where most films go to generate a buzz which in turn brings more people out to view the film when it hits the theaters. This was its first screening and critics and movie-goers both enjoyed the hilarity that came out of this charming yet smart film about the lengths families will go to in order hide the truth from one another.
Each member of this family of fibbers is hiding a deep dark secret so that the rest of the relatives will not be destroyed from a revelation of what they are doing behind everyone's back. The father in the film, and popular star of the Ocean's movies, Garcia, wants to become a Hollywood actor but doesn't dare tell his wife or family. Margulies, of televisions the Good Wife, portrays Garcia's somewhat neurotic but always nosey wife. She spends hours trying to catch him in the act of cheating.
Other family members include a daughter who is supposed to be attending collage but instead is a stripper. This character is performed by Dominik Garca-Lorido of the Lost City. The Rizzo's young, teenage son's performance is done by Ezra Miller of television's Californication and he is trying to keep his secret love and fetish regarding the family's 300 pound neighbor. The performance of the drama coach of the elder Rizzo is done by Emmy Award Winner Alan Arkin from Little Miss Sunshine. He, too, has several secrets he's keeping from the rest of those on screen.
What makes the movie interesting and the big reason for 'why today?' is because the elder Rizzo became inspired by one of his acting exercises, so much so that he decided to find his long-lost son, Tony, played by Steven Strait from 10,000 BC. Having a long-lost son who happens to be an ex-con throws fire on an already supercharged situation and of course, hilarity ensues.
One more notable character is the elder Rizzo's acting partner played by Emily Mortimer of Shutter Island. Garcia and Mortimer's chemistry is nearly perfect for this quirky little comedy but it's the portal of they married couple of Garcia and Margulies' and their constant miscommunications and love-hate banter, in typical New York style, that are real scene stealers for this movie.
The movie's namesake is a real live place just outside of the Bronx's and it is teaming with tradition. There are basically no 'outsiders' in the tiny former fishing village and parents hand down their houses from generation to generation. People outside of Manhattan and the Bronx don't know of this beautiful little community, that is, until now.
This movie came out in April of 2010 and the Blu-Ray and DVD release date is scheduled for August 24, 2010. In addition to his acting duties, Andy Garcia is also one of the many producers, joining several co-producers and executive producers. The film was written and directed, as a labor of love by Raymond De Felitta. - 39815
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