Brooklyn Rules (Prinze, Baldwin, 2007)
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Brooklyn Rules (Prinze, Baldwin, 2007)
Brooklyn, 1985. With the mob world as a backdrop, three life-long friends struggle with questions of love, loss and loyalty.
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Alec Baldwin
Jerry Ferrara
Mina Suvari
Scott Caan
Anyone catch this flick at all? I had never even heard of it but stumbled upon it in Netflix and with the limited number of "Watch Instantly" I added it to my queue.
I have to admit I was fairly surprised. I was expecting some cringe worthy dialog and some cliche plot direction but it was quite the opposite.
Besides the accent, Freddy Prinze did a pretty good job with this. Jerry Ferrara was cast quite well. My only gripe might be the Mina Suvari charachter as, like with a lot of movies, it seemed like the love story was inserted so the movie had a love story.
Even is spots of the movie where you thought you were about to get the "ah, here comes the cheesy/cliche part" you didn't.
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Instead of being a mafia-type story, it was really a buddy/coming of age story that used the Brooklyn mafia to help tell it. I think maybe the fact that Freddie Prinze Jr. was in it didn't help.
I give it a B+ for coming out of no where to entertain me.
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Re: Brooklyn Rules (Prinze, Baldwin, 2007)
I bought it when it first came out & I was very impressed....
Directed by Michael Corrente (American Buffalo,Outside Providence,Shot at Glory)
Written by Terence Winter (He wrote 25 episodes for The Sopranos)
Plus it had a solid cast....
Alec Baldwin
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Scott Caan
Mena Suvari
Jerry Ferrara
Chris Caldovino
Monica Keena
Directed by Michael Corrente (American Buffalo,Outside Providence,Shot at Glory)
Written by Terence Winter (He wrote 25 episodes for The Sopranos)
Plus it had a solid cast....
Alec Baldwin
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Scott Caan
Mena Suvari
Jerry Ferrara
Chris Caldovino
Monica Keena