This movie is a very artistic independent satire-type film that is very interesting look at the mafia film genre and the underestimated value of small mafia character actors and extras. It is a movie about the theater and takes a theatrical perspective on the mafia film niche and these small actors, as they try to do their own production of the Shakespearean classic "Caesar". The movie is incredibly well written, well acted, well directed, and is a very great film with a great story, a work of art in its own right.
This movie is not only very artistic but it is incredibly humorous. The humor is extremely clever and intelligent humor that is also laugh out loud funny. There are some parts in which I would laugh so hard I would have to pause the movie until I stopped. And the writing is just so smart I found myself asking several times "how do they come up with this stuff?!" A lot of the humor plays off of Italian-American stereotypes and the Mafia Film genre, so if you will understand and appreciate that sort of nuanced humor you will really enjoy it.
This film may be part satire, or satire-like, but it also has some seriousness to it, as it has a very good story and some important and meaningful moments. And it's not just about a bunch of mob movie actors putting on a play, but actual mobsters inadvertently getting involved with the play, and then the FBI sending in an undercover officer to be an actor in it as well. So as I said it is a very intelligent and well written story with multiple different facets, including one about the main characters daughter being involved in her own play at school and being given the lead role because her teacher mistakenly thinks her father is in the mafia when he sees him. This movie is just so good, and as with any good story, it has a really incredible ending when they finally put on their play Caesar which is a very interesting take on the classic and very fun to watch, and then the different pieces of the movie all come together into one big climactic finish that you will love.
So if you are a lover of Independent film or theater, Italian-american arts & culture, intelligent satire, and most of all anything having to do with the Mafia, then this film will be a joy to watch and I would consider it a must see. It is such a tragedy that it is such a small film and has reached such a small audience. So if you are reading this please do yourself a favor and look it up. you can find it on TubiTV or on Amazon Videos easily. And you will be very glad that you saw it. I just watched it a 3rd time in a row and I am not the type of person to watch movies more than once, I hardly ever do. But this movie is so good that I am going to keep watching it again and again and again because it keeps getting better every time!
