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My Blue Heaven | Year: 1990 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Herbert Ross Actors/Actresses: - Joan Cusack - Tatjana Simic - Steve Martin - Rick Moranis A Liftoff In the 90s For 3 Great Actors "My Blue Heaven" is an undying comedy that places three completely different and contradicting personalities together for a good comic make-up. Steve Martin is very good, but a little stereotipical of the average New York Mafia man, who enters the witness protection program and gets pulled from his fast-paced life in the big city...to a sleepy small suburban town. He comes under the protection of an FBI agent played by Rick Moranis, who struggles throughout the movie to keep Martin from breaking the law as he is so used to doing. Joan Cusack is the town's A.D.A. Hannah Stubbs, who gets frustrated trying to detain the town's new mob-man everytime he commits a petty crime...but is always thwarted by Moranis who wont give'em up. Joan and Rick Moranis find love in eachother, differences aside, but the ever troublemaking 'Vinnie' can't seem to stop getting in the way. Three great actors are just what a script like this needs to make it work, and it does. Joan gives an overall fabulous performance, I havent talked to somebody yet who doesnt like the scene where she puts her personal problems aside and has a dance on the beach. The kiss scene between she and Moranis works well, I think the close up on Joan's face there is one of the prettiest Ive seen of her. Trust me, if you've read some of my other reviews, Im trying to state the quality of good movies that often get passed up without a thought, this is worth watching more than once. CLASSIC FUNNY MOVIE, DVD VERSION NOT WORTH THE EXTRA DOLLARS Okay, so I sinned and purchased a film that isn't anamorphic, heck this DVD isn't even widescreen! But it didn't cost much more than the VHS tape. Unfortunately there aren't any extras on the disc, behold why so inexpensive, and the picture and sound quality make me wonder if I would have been just as well off purchasing the VHS version. The only problem would be that I don't pop in my VHS movies any more. This movie is very funny. Steve Martin plays a great italian mobster and Rick Morranis plays the perfect boring federal agent. If you don't find yourself quoting this movie then either you're too serious, or I'm too easily amused. The movie is a 4 star movie, if only this movie could get a quality DVD transfer some day. One Of The Funniest Movies I've Ever Seen Released in 1990 to mixed reactions, the mobster comedy "My Blue Heaven" reteamed "Parenthood" stars Steve Martin and Rick Moranis for a hilarious slapstick comedy that is possibly their most underrated work. Vinnie Antonelli (Martin) is an Italian mobster who is put in the witness protection agency after witnessing a murder. After his wife leaves him, he strikes up a friendship with Barney Coopersmith (Rick Moranis), an uptight FBI agent who is assigned to look after him. In addition to protecting him, Barney learns from Vinnie how to be loose and on the edge. He strikes up a romance with Assistant D.A. Hannah Stubbs (Joan Cusack), and Vinnie gets remarried... twice. There a number of hilarious moments in this film. Like when Vinnie's family arrives in New York or the turtle death sequence or the climax at the courtroom or the supermaket sequence (it's a veg - a - table). This whole film is hysterically funny. Pick it up when you get the chance. Buy My Blue Heaven at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on My Blue Heaven Search with the Priority Search Engine on My Blue Heaven This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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