Synopsis: Big-city mobsters and the Broadway stage collide hilariously in this side-splitting, all-star comedy that has audiences and critics rolling in the aisles! John Cusack stars as David Shayne, an idealistic young writer who’ll do anything to get his first Broadway play off the ground – even if it means teaming up with the mob! Surrounded by a wacky cast of characters, including a gangster’s ditzy girlfriend, a mob hit man, and a tipsy actress, Shayne’s got to pull it all off before the curtain falls, and the bullets start to fly!
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Okay, okay… so I said that I was done with gangster-related movies. But, since I picked up a whole whackload of Woody Allen movies this week (i.e. most the ones I didn’t already have on DVD – hence the sudden budgetary issues), I decided that this one simply had to be added to the list 
…and I’m glad I watched it. I had never really liked this one before. I was, at best, “so-so” about it. But third time’s a charm in this case! 
Seriously, Chazz Palminteri is absolutely amazing in it. And I can finally say that there’s a movie I like Dianne Wiest in. She was really great in this one – she doesn’t play the feeble, neurotic type I’ve usually seen her do and it’s a blessing. And, watching Jennifer Tilly plod through John Cusack’s character’s play is so outrageously painful you just have to laugh; she’s just so SO (purposely) bad! AAAAARGH!
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