Rotten
DeMonaco deserves credit for wanting to do something different. But what starts out as a witty tweak on tired mobster movies eventually collapses into those very same cliches.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Staten Island
2009 · 1h 36m · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
James DeMonaco
Overview
Sully is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltrated his life and business. Parmie, a local mob boss, dreams of crushing the competition. All three men live in Staten Island, and once their lives intersect, nothing will ever be the same.
Director and cast
- James DeMonaco Director
- Ethan Hawke as Sully
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Parmie Tarzo
- Seymour Cassel as Jasper Sabiano
- Julianne Nicholson as Mary Halverson
- Ian Brennan as Tree Man
- Michael Hogan as Bill Quinlan
- Larry Mitchell as Cop #1
- Rosemary De Angelis as Gianina Tarzo
- J.D. Daniels as Vet
- Jeremy Schwartz as Eddie DeGuilio
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
25%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The tonal idiosyncrasies may grate early on but things coalesce nicely until the whole thing starts to resemble a diverting short story.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
If Staten Island, New York is an ode to what it calls "the forgotten stepchild of Manhattan," it is a barbed and quirky one.
Andy Webster, New York Times
Rotten
Best is D'Onofrio as a gangster turned environmental activist -- he puts on a white three-piece suit, climbs to the top of a gigantic tree and refuses to come down.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
Staten Island is not without surprises -- nor is it any good.
Nicolas Rapold, Time Out New York
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