Friends and Family

June. 17,2001      
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Gay New York couple Stephen Torcelli and Danny Russo have something to hide from Stephen's parents -- their jobs as Mafia enforcers. When the Torcelli family plans to visit, Stephen and Danny panic because Stephen's father works for the FBI. Despite efforts to keep family and Mafia separate, a birthday party gets mixed up with a mobster's daughter's engagement party. Trouble arises when the mobsters concoct a political scheme at the party.

Greg Lauren as  Stephen Torcelli
Chris Gartin as  Danny Russo
Rebecca Creskoff as  Jenny Patrizzi
Edward Hibbert as  Richard Grayson
Allison Mackie as  Cheryl
Beth Fowler as  Mrs. Torcelli
Meshach Taylor as  Bruno
Frank Pellegrino as  Mr. Torcelli
Sam Coppola as  Carlo Ricci
Johnny Russo as  Max

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Reviews

Afouotos
2001/06/17

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Dynamixor
2001/06/18

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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TrueHello
2001/06/19

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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AnhartLinkin
2001/06/20

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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johnwiltshireauthor
2001/06/21

Forget gay marriage. That's not the issue defining whether gay rights have arrived. It's decent movies. Movies of quality that just happen to have gay guys in them. Because, trust me, this film is not a "real" film. It should not have been made. Ten minutes in and I was behind the sofa with my hands over my eyes like I used to watch Doctor Who. It's not scary; it's just totally unwatchable. The acting is dire. The script is embarrassing. The settings are atrocious. Dear Lord, is it safe to come out yet? Do yourself a favour and watch a good gay movie such as Shelter (2007), or Free Fall (2013) or En Kort En Lang (2001). If you watch and then give a decent rating to this rubbish we'll continue to be given rubbish.

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i_believe_in_fate
2001/06/22

i don't even know where to begin...if i could give it a "zero"- for truly awful- i would. What is the point of having "gay" main characters when in truth they were really bad straight actors that obviously had in their contracts that there would be no touching, kissing, etc- anything that would actually make them seem like a gay couple. I am sorry but the plot was... Horrible. Not to mention the weird military sub plot that made absolutely no sense whatsoever. This was poorly written, directed, acted, and well lets just get straight to the point it sucked. I would not recommend wasting an hour and half of your life on this BS movie and think that i should have been paid for the time i spent wishing for it to get better. Do NOT listen to the other reviews (i unfortunately listened) go do something better with your time.

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ales_kovarik
2001/06/23

The main idea of this movie - gay couple in mafia - was interesting and this alone could make a good movie with the parents facing their son as a killer for mafia. But some things made the movie so stupid, that it felt almost like the writer got drunk, wrote some "funny" lines and a movie was made. I'm talking about the military parents. If the producers cut this part off the movie they could save some money on the bad actors portraying the militants and invest it to improving the script.And the usual complain: no kiss and except for the last scene, there was no touch between the gay couple. But to be impartial, the other people in the movies didn't kiss as well.

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SunRock17
2001/06/24

Much too cute for it's own good. It could have been so much more in the hands of a capable Writer and Director. A shame that apparently they could not be found.Not a kiss between the main characters and this is presumed to be a gay film? Hardly even a damn or hell - much less anything truly representative of the authentic language of the genre.It's a shame because this might have been a good flick - the premise was a winner - but the Director and Writer's juvenile compulsion to Disneyfy this work was an abject failure. It's nothing more than a cartoon; and a poor one that embarrasses the quality of the acting talent involved. Insulting to a any audience too, much less a gay one.Oh yeah, the Director's commentary on the DVD is a hoot and a half. Talk about control issues and being rather impressed with herself. You then start to understand where this film went wrong....when they picked that Director and failed to let the writer graduate from the pre-school playground.

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