Mikey and Nicky

1976

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 8942 8.9K

philadelphia, pennsylvania hitman male friendship stolen money on the run bookie

Plot summary

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…

Director

Elaine May Photo
Elaine May

Top cast

John Cassavetes Photo
John Cassavetes as Nicky Godalin
Elaine May Photo
Elaine May as Woman on TV
David Pendleton Photo
David Pendleton as Bar Patron
M. Emmet Walsh Photo
M. Emmet Walsh as Bus Driver
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
886.31 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 9
1.68 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 69

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Bunuel1976 6 / 10

MIKEY AND NICKY (Elaine May, 1976) **1/2

Reviewed by akoaytao1234 4 / 10

Mikey and Nicky (1976)

This film tells the story of a problematic petty thief who falls in danger after a questionable dealing with a mob boss. With minutes behind his hit man, he asked his gangster friend for help to bail him out one last time. Ultimately, his awful behavior takes a toll to their friendship and he is left to bail himself on his own. I have read a lot of reviews putting it high regard (even comparing it to the likes of the Godfather films and Scorsese gangster flicks) but it just did not do it for me. I mean I like the performances in here. It feels very organic and realistic compared to Cassavetes's work which seems to be the main inspiration of the film but it leaves you kinda detached to it. It just did not setup its character to be there with you throughout the film that by the end you could not care less about them. To conclude, the film would forever be remembered for May's directorial antics and not by its own merits. [2/5]
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