Mr. Cranky's rating:
When Christianity needed a commercial facelift, along came Catholicism.
I saw this movie back-to-back with "Kiss the Girls" and it made me
realize that it won't be too soon before we see this film: "Tough,
hard-bitten, San Francisco cop on verge of retirement (Robert DeNiro) takes
one last case with brash, know-it-all rookie (Michael Rappaport), and is
forced to come out of the closet as a bizarre murder investigation reveals
his after hours whereabouts" (With apologies to Eamon J. Doyle).
Shoot-outs, love interests, and car chases aplenty. Perfect title:
"Rear-ended."
Anyway, in this film, about the twentieth or thirtieth gay-themed
picture this summer, an Italian-American, Frankie (Nick Scotti), finds his
brother Pino (Anthony DeSando) in bed with his girlfriend and decides to
move out of his family's house. Thinking that "GWM" stands for "Guy With
Money," he moves in with Warren (Anthony Barrile) only to discover that
Warren and his extremely effeminate friends are G-A-Y.
To make a long story short, Warren and Frankie grow to appreciate
each other's differences and become friends. Of course, this is like playing
"Let's Make a Deal" with only one door. What else can happen? Certainly
Warren isn't going to organize a rally in which the participants march
around Little Sicily chanting "WOPs go home!" So, they become friends,
buds, compadres.
When Christianity needed a commercial facelift, along came
Catholicism. "Hey, folks! Original sin got you down? Now there's improved
Christianity with confessional add-on. Party like the heathens today--swing
with God tomorrow!" No wonder Italians are so confused and make such goofy
film characters.
Was it really that bad?
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