Prizzi's Honor

1985

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Romance

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 40 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 28341 28.3K

hitman gangster lovers killer desperate oscar-nominated

Plot summary

Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.

Director

John Huston Photo
John Huston

Top cast

John Randolph Photo
John Randolph as Angelo 'Pop' Partanna
Dick O'Neill Photo
Dick O'Neill as Bluestone
Tony Devon Photo
Tony Devon as The Best Man
Stanley Tucci Photo
Stanley Tucci as Soldier
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1.16 GB
1280*682
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 9
2.15 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 9 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tannerb 8 / 10

Fun movie... If you know what you're getting into

Once I had a little context, I enjoyed it.It's not your typical mob movie. And maybe not typical anything else.Comes from an author who writes satirical books about abuse of power. Known for The Manchurian Candidate. And this.So this is a satirical mob movie. But the satire is watered down some in the movie compared to the book, apparently.Watching it with that lens, knowing some of it is kind of a subtle/wry/dark humor, sort of making fun of the mob with these over the top characters and plot lines... It actually becomes quite funny. And fun.And Jack Nicholson's character is well done I think. As well as his main love interest.So if you can handle all of that...8/10.
Reviewed by rdoyle29 8 / 10

A clever if not particularly funny film

This film has fallen from my 1980's assessment of "brilliant" down to "really very good". Why the slight slope off? Mostly because I think it positions itself as a comedy, but it's not particularly funny. What it is is devilishly clever, with an amazingly black heart. I'm not surprised that it's adapted from a novel by Richard Condon because it's funny kind of in the same manner as "The Manchurian Candidate" (which might even be funnier).It's best not to even tackle the plot because even this poster feels like a spoiler to me. All of the accolades back in the 80's seemed to go to Anjelica Huston and William Hickey, partly because I think they were kind of new discoveries and turn in great, really eccentric and mannered performances. I think Nicholson and Turner deserve more praise than they got. Nicholson's rare performance as a really dumb man is wonderful, and Turner pulls off a really sunny performance as a really bleak and duplicitous character.
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