Once Upon a Time in Queens

I cannot describe how awful this movie was. It amazes me that they were able to get good (note I say good, not great) actors like Michael Rappaport & Sorvino with a script that a first grader could have written after having watched Goodfella's once.

There is absolutely no arc to the story. Sorvino must have been trying to reclaim his goodfella's glory in order to agree to be in this turd.

Nothing more can be said except to avoid watching at all costs. Even if your a huge gangster movie fan (such as I) avoid this film. You and your PCP smoking neighbor could have written a better script in between digging through your mother's sofa cushions for spare change.

A mob boss released from prison is old, in bad health, and perplexed by the world today. The movie is about how he deals with it all.

Two FBI agents do their usual bullying thing. But one agent gets a line that reminds us of the crippling flaw of most movies about gangsters. He asks a neighbor who admires the gangster about the fact that he extorted a small fortune for himself with his weekly levies on the small businesses.

The was a Film about a man who made choice's and lived with the decisions.He didn't always understand the impact of his choice's on the people in his life.We all have older people in our lives that won't change with the times And this film portrayed us humans making the best of it. because 1. nobodies perfect and 2. we love our older friends and relative's. I fell the way the old man felt about his daughter some goof smacks her around it would be my duty to hurt him badly which i would happily do.Like i said in my opening this movie was simple it was a love story and we all know love is painful as much as it is joyful. yin and yang can't have a up without the down.If you are looking for a action packed MOB film this is not for you.this movie was like the soprano's if i had to compare it to something.Like that series showed TONY being a mob boss it spent a lot of time showing him dealing with his crazy mom and sister.

A very mild gangster film but interesting drama. Despite not being a typical mafia movie I found it realistic and true to life. An ageing gangster is released from jail and is subject to strict conditions to keep his freedom. He has to deal with issues as the world has changed. There was a good story with his daughter who played a really good role. It also had a great cast and some old familiar faces such as Johnny roast beef from goodfellas. All in all a chilled out mafia melodrama which I found surprisingly enjoyable.

This film really captures the pace of life in Queen; I lived there for over 20 years. The pace is slow; very little ever happens of any importance in Queens. The film captures that inertia and the day to day ho-hum existence that one can feel by living in a place like Maspeth. I taught in Flushing and lived in Hollis, but it is pretty much the same all over Queens. You are what you do for a living.

Paul Sorvino does a nice job as a former mafia boss who is bored to death in his new role as a former mafia boss, and trying to reconcile with his daughter and next door neighbor. The supporting cast is fine, as is the script. If you are going to this film to see mob action or some type of super hood, you will be disappointed. But in the end, Sorvino nails it.