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A Bronx Tale. A THEWIDESCREEN review.

Great fucking film. This movie directed by Deniro with Villalobos as dp is a thing of beauty. It’s

heartbreaking, slice of life, funny, tragic, violent. Lemme back up. The plot is a thing of beauty.

The problem is the mafia.

Deniro plays against character as a bus driver in the 50’s living in

New York city who's son is friendly with the local mob group. Sunny played by Chaz Palminteri

and based on his own play. Imagine the irony of Deniro telling his son not to be part of the mob

of their dirty money and their cars and women. The man behind Goodfellas and Casino. There’s

also such good acting in this film. The little kid is played by Francis Capra from Veronica Mars

fame and he’s so friggin good. 

Kid actors don’t know how to act but this kid was ahead of his

time. It’s shot on location and features real Brooklyn sidewalks as kids out of school playing in water from fire hydrants. The nine year old kid starts earning more than his bus driver father.

Deniro finds 600$ bucks which in 1950 is like 6,000 grand today in his son’s bedroom, asking him where’d he get the money? From Sunny playing dice he says and gets a beating.

Unfortunately the movie loses it’s way when they jump ahead a few years and now the kid is

played by Sopranos fame Lilo Brancato. He’s not as good as Frank Capra the little kid. And the movie kind of loses it’s way. It’s heartbreaking when they kill Sonny at the end. “He was like a father to me” and Joe Pesci shows up just when you think the kid is finally out of the life they pull him back in. 

This is a blockbuster gem only 10 million budget

small movie but it’s worth seeking out. Especially if you are a fan of the mafia genre.

Grade: 16:9 Widescreen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEU6hrEAVf4

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