PG-13

Jane Austen's Mafia!

See it early. Avoid the mob.

1998 • 84 min • Comedy · Crime

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Synopsis

After growing up poor in Salmonella, Vincenzo Cortino installs himself as the preeminent, if bumbling, Mafia don of the New World. But now he must pass on power to one of his two sons: either level-headed veteran Anthony or vituperative loose cannon Joey.

Our family guide

Best from age 13

Movie Knight Score

223 reviews

55 Audience · 223 · 100%

Vincenzo Cortino, a bumbling Mafia don, built an empire in the New World after humble beginnings. Now, he must choose between his two very different sons to inherit his questionable legacy. This is a broad parody of gangster films.

Violence & peril: 3/10
Language: 3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 3/10
Romance & sensuality: 2/10
Scary moments: 2/10

Heads up

Slapstick and cartoonish violence
Mild crude humor and innuendo
Brief comedic drug references
Stereotypical portrayals

What it models well

Family loyalty (skewed)
Ambition
Leadership dilemmas

Talk about it after

What makes something a parody?
Family expectations and succession
The portrayal of crime in comedy

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