Oscar

1991

Action / Comedy / Crime

48
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 64% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 64% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 36416 36.4K

business man businessman honesty mobster delightful bait and switch

Plot summary

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.

Director

John Landis Photo
John Landis

Top cast

Marshall Bell Photo
Marshall Bell as Reporter #1
Sylvester Stallone Photo
Sylvester Stallone as Angelo 'Snaps' Provolone
Art LaFleur Photo
Art LaFleur as Officer Quinn
Martin Ferrero Photo
Martin Ferrero as Luigi Finucci
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
943.65 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 7
1.76 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 39

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by spencer10 7 / 10

Stop Panning It! It's actually pretty funny

Why does everyone think Sylvester Stallone is terrible at comedy? I never saw "Rhinestone" as that is considered one of the worst movies ever made and while I thought "Stop! or my mom will shoot" was illogical and hokey at times it was mostly entertaining. But "Oscar" out of all his attempts at comedy is Sylvester Stallone's best attempt at comedy and it remains a mystery to me why this did so terrible critically and financially. Maybe critics and audiences had trouble accepting Stallone as a gangster doing something different from "Rocky" or "Rambo". I mean yes like "Stop! or my mom will shoot" this one is very illogical and confusing at times. But if you put your full mind into the movie and think about it you will realize it is very funny. While Stallone is terrific I think some of the best scenes in this film belong to Tim Curry. Some of his scenes made me want to laugh out loud! I cannot really summarize the film because many parts are confusing but I can certainly say that critics and audiences need to stop putting it down and give it another try because they don't know what their missing. Sure it's no "Godfather" or "Goodfellas" but it is a very funny little gangster comedy that has the intelligence one misses in comedies. All in all "Oscar" is no masterpiece but it is very funny and enjoyable and that's enough for me to recommend it. It also proves that Sylvester Stallone is not a terrible comedy movie star.
Reviewed by kylemcd77 7 / 10

Very under-rated

I don't know why this movie is rated so low. This is a good old fashioned farce that is done very well and most the actors, especially Chaz Palmenteri (I don't know how to spell that name).People must have knocked it because they can't accept Stallone in anything other than action films. This is one of the funniest films I have ever seen. 7/10
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