Rotten
Which is worse? Lame jokes about gays or lame jokes about the mob?
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Friends and Family
Meet the Real Gay Mafia!
2001 · 1h 27m · Not Rated
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Kristen Coury
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Friends and Family
Overview
Gay New York couple Stephen Torcelli and Danny Russo have something to hide from Stephen's parents -- their jobs as Mafia enforcers. When the Torcelli family plans to visit, Stephen and Danny panic because Stephen's father works for the FBI. Despite efforts to keep family and Mafia separate, a birthday party gets mixed up with a mobster's daughter's engagement party. Trouble arises when the mobsters concoct a political scheme at the party.
Director and cast
- Kristen Coury Director
- Greg Lauren as Stephen Torcelli
- Chris Gartin as Danny Russo
- Rebecca Creskoff as Jenny Patrizzi
- Edward Hibbert as Richard Grayson
- Allison Mackie as Cheryl
- Beth Fowler as Mrs. Torcelli
- Meshach Taylor as Bruno
- Frank Pellegrino as Mr. Torcelli
- Sam Coppola as Carlo Ricci
- Johnny Russo as Max
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There's no rhythm or style to any of it, just the dismal feeling that the filmmakers have seen La Cage Aux Folles and The Godfather too many times.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Rotten
An overloaded, slow-moving series of predictable jokes and forced situations.
Dave Kehr, New York Times
Rotten
First-timer Coury's fast pace can't outrun Joseph Triebwasser's predictable script, saddled with mobster cliches and queer stereotypes.
Jorge Morales, Village Voice
Fresh
Predictable fun, but fun all the same.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
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