Word: caan
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...reasons. They have names like Vito, Vinnie, Angelo and Ritchie, to say nothing of her father, Frank (James Caan), who runs a family restaurant in Little Italy. That's "family" in the full post-Puzo sense of the word. But Vito (Burt Young), who is the godfather here, sees opportunity in this alliance--a chance to off-load some of his talentless son's paintings and do a little money laundering via Michael's auctions. Before you know it, Michael has acquired his eponymous Mob nickname, is burying stiffs in Brooklyn and, finally, wearing a wire for a comically clueless...
...along with Michael's bemused unflappability, his weird British conviction that somehow he will muddle through to a happy ending, that good-natured spirit carries one over some of the logical lacunae of the script by Adam Scheinman and Robert Kuhn. But not quite past the presence of Caan. It was only 27 years ago that his crazy volatility ignited The Godfather. Now he's almost beamish as a wary fixer. He's still funny, but his new characterization, like the success of The Sopranos and Analyze This, reminds us how quickly we have converted palpable menace to pure ethnic...
MICKEY BLUE EYES Directed by Kelly Makin Starring Hugh Grant, James Caan August...
...Premise Hugh Grant stars in this romantic comedy, playing a man who gets tangled in criminal mishaps through his girlfriend Gina's (Jeanne Tripplehorn) Mob-boss father (James Caan). Grant masquerades as gangster Mickey Blue Eyes and reluctantly gets sucked into the Family...
...Look For Outlook: not so good. Holly wood seems determined to make movie after movie about the nearly-impotent Mafia, and the idea has been predictably overused in such recent films as Analyze This and Mafia. Grant will probably bumble and stutter his way through yet another film, while Caan gets another turn at his Oscar-nominated Godfather role. Director Kelly Makin has only the flop Brain Candy: Kids in the Hall among her credits, and test screenings have been decidedly negative, citing a script devoid of laughs and a tired premise among its shortcomings...