Word: palminteri
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scene in which Billy Crystal is called upon to impersonate a gangster. I will spare you the suspense; both of these scenes are indeed in the film, one of them more than once. But the film has surprises, even within the more predictable scenes. Primo Sindone (Chazz Palminteri)'s reaction to Paul's expressed desire for "closure" is priceless, and Ben's chrome-suited "consigliglieri" is likewise not to be missed...
...There's Darlene (Robin Wright Penn in a reprise of the troubled slut she portrayed in Forrest Gump and Moll Flanders; I miss The Princess Bride), the old flame passed between Eddie and Mickey who counters Eddie's infidelity with her own in mock independence. There's Phil (Chazz Palminteri), the struggling actor who drowns his artistic voice in a persistent whine about his own worth. And there's weed, Valium, fast cars, big houses, sex, sex and more...
...realizes, he doesn't need or want a simulacrum of his old life back; what he requires is an energizing new deal from a fresh pack. Oddly (and luckily) enough, Carmela is coming to the same conclusion at the same time, propelled by the appearance of a cop (Chazz Palminteri) who starts responding to her wistful, if discreetly displayed, charms as well...
...that this felicitous commonality is what gives the characters their freedom.) In Miami, meanwhile, Juan's wife Carmela (Anjelica Huston) believes that Juan is never going to arrive and, despite the objections of her brother Angel (Diego Walraff), finds herself attracted to a policeman named John Pirelli (Chazz Palminteri...
...Molina, Palminteri and Walraff are all fine (Walraff gives an especially marvelous performance), but this movie belongs to the women. Anjelica Huston delivers a dream of a performance. Her acting seems effortless, and Huston is profoundly sexy in the manner of women who have had a bit of life experience (Vanessa Redgrave also springs to mind). She is also intensely witty; her whole body has become a witty instrument, and she can get more out of a raised eyebrow than out of a page of dialogue...