"Jane Austen's Mafia!" was funny back in 1998, and let me just say that it is every bit as funny now in 2021 as it was back then.
Sure, a movie such as "Jane Austen's Mafia!" might not come into being in today's age and today's cotton-wrapped society where anything and everything offends a minority group out there somewhere and somehow. So yeah, a movie such as what writers Jim Abrahams, Greg Norberg and Michael McManus came up with back in 1998 might not sit well with everyone in the audience today.
I have to say that the comedy in a movie such as this is something that has always sat well with me and appealed to my particular sense of humor, just like many of the other spoofs similar to this one out there from back in the day.
There are lots of things going on in "Jane Austen's Mafia!", lots and lots of stuff. And you have to pay attention to most things in every scene, because there are subtle comedy that you pick up only if you are very perceptive, and then there are an abundance of in your face comedy as well.
The storyline told in "Jane Austen's Mafia!" is pretty straight forward, with some spoofs here and there and lots of great comedy. So there are lots of laughs to be had throughout the course of this movie.
And it should be said that the cast ensemble was great for the movie, with the likes of Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke, Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Olympia Dukakis, Joe Viterelli, Vincent Pastore and many other familiar faces.
I have returned to watch "Jane Austen's Mafia!" for the fourth or fifth time now since it was originally released, and the movie proves every bit as funny each time. Definitely a spoof comedy gem here.
My rating of "Jane Austen's Mafia!" lands on a six out of ten stars.
Sure, a movie such as "Jane Austen's Mafia!" might not come into being in today's age and today's cotton-wrapped society where anything and everything offends a minority group out there somewhere and somehow. So yeah, a movie such as what writers Jim Abrahams, Greg Norberg and Michael McManus came up with back in 1998 might not sit well with everyone in the audience today.
I have to say that the comedy in a movie such as this is something that has always sat well with me and appealed to my particular sense of humor, just like many of the other spoofs similar to this one out there from back in the day.
There are lots of things going on in "Jane Austen's Mafia!", lots and lots of stuff. And you have to pay attention to most things in every scene, because there are subtle comedy that you pick up only if you are very perceptive, and then there are an abundance of in your face comedy as well.
The storyline told in "Jane Austen's Mafia!" is pretty straight forward, with some spoofs here and there and lots of great comedy. So there are lots of laughs to be had throughout the course of this movie.
And it should be said that the cast ensemble was great for the movie, with the likes of Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke, Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Olympia Dukakis, Joe Viterelli, Vincent Pastore and many other familiar faces.
I have returned to watch "Jane Austen's Mafia!" for the fourth or fifth time now since it was originally released, and the movie proves every bit as funny each time. Definitely a spoof comedy gem here.
My rating of "Jane Austen's Mafia!" lands on a six out of ten stars.