
Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Unbeknownst to Charley,the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who double-crossed them. When Irene and Charley fall in love their jobs become complicated. Their jobs become impossible when each is given a contract that neither can go through with.... (Full plot summary below)
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Charley Partanna is a hit-man who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime syndicate families in the country. Unbeknownst to Charley,the Prizzis just hired Irene Walker, a free-lance killer, to eliminate someone who double-crossed them. When Irene and Charley fall in love their jobs become complicated. Their jobs become impossible when each is given a contract that neither can go through with.
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| The New York TimesVincent CanbyThis is the most bizarre comedy in many a month, a movie so dark, so cynical and so funny that perhaps only Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner could have kept straight faces during the love scenes. They do. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeWildly overrated black comedy with great cast. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonI think it's just about a great movie, and certainly one of director John Huston's best. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonTo say the film is the treasure of the year would be to bad-mouth it in this disastrous season. Prizzi's Honor would be the vastly original centerpiece of a great year. It's a rich, dense character comedy in which Huston, working from a screenplay Richard Condon and Janet Roach adapted from Condon's novel, cocks a playful but unblinking eye at love, family loyalty and the togetherness of a happy marriage--Sicilian style. |
| The GuardianPaul HowlettProbably the funniest mobster movie ever...A sublime meld of black satire, high camp and happy farce. |
| Chicago TribuneGene SiskelThis film would be a winner any time of the year. It`s a classic piece of moviemaking that I plan on seeing again very soon. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottThe movie's success lies in Huston's very sure manipulation of mood and tone, somehow connecting black comedy, tongue-in-cheek acting, heavy irony, and even high camp into a coherent story. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is the most bizarre comedy in many a month, a movie so dark, so cynical and so funny that perhaps only Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner could have kept straight faces during the love scenes. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyJohn Huston's dark, cynical comedy about the Mafia, one of his last pictures, suffers from the lack of chemistry between Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, but Anjelica Huston is excellent in a well-deserving Oscar-winning turn. |
| Cinema SightWesley LovellAlmost every possible mob film has been made, but this one still feels inventive and engaging. |