| Welcome to Collinwood | | Cast : | William H. Macy, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney | | Director : | Anthony Russo (II), Joe Russo (II) | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | October 18, 2002 | | DVD Released Date : | February 08, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | too slow for today's style | Content
 | A remake of "I Soliti Ignoti" ["Big Deal on Madonna Street"], a Mario Monicelli masterpiece of italian cinema made almost 50 years ago, this plot takes place in a inner-city industrial urban neighborhood of Cleveland. Having seen the italian original, it is remarkable how the same characters are cloned to modern-day cleveland. For example, the uptight and old-fashioned Michele from Sicily is now a stylish afro-american that could be a pimp. But while the original had a beat to it that engaged the story to evolve from one scene to the next, as a good page-turner book would do, this remake languished. The original had a really good musical beat that acted as a "page turner". This one does not. Too bad: we need more independent and local film production, but more post-production here would have helped, also to speed up the pace in today's even-more accelerating expectations from the audience.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 21, 2004 | | Summary | A great film on several levels | Content
| Loving misfit comedies as I do ... (OK, loving George Clooney as I do) ... and being from Collinwood myself long ago, I decided to check out Welcome to Collinwood.
Bad news first ... I was disappointed in Clooney's role. Good news ... that was all I was disappointed in. THis movie was a laugh riot from beginning to end while at the same time conveying an endearing pathos. This is the first time I have ever seen a criminal caper movie and felt sorry for and touched by the lives of the criminals, even while I was laughing MAO. These guys "punch through" the problems in their lives with interesting results. Jeter and Macy are fantastic and if you ever wondered what was Sam Rockwells breakout role, this is it.
I was born and raised in Collinwood in the 60's, and attended OH Perry school as a kid. This is not the Slavinian-rich neighborhood I remember but I guess nothing stays the same in this life, not even Cleveland. Check out this unique movie about my old neighborhood, you'll be glad you did.
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| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2004 | | Summary | Laughed Out Loud! | Content
| I was delighted to find some of my favorite actors together in this film: Luis Guzman: Michael Jeter (who recently died)and William Macy. Luis is a scary-looking dude--that was the first thing I noticed about him--but he is a good actor. His reply to anyone he's mad at in this is "Your mother is a w_____! For some reason, I found that hilarious. Then at the end they say about his character--"poor guy, his mother was a w_____."
The movie has a lot of physical comedy that is well-done. Michael Jeter is such a natural--he is a pleasure to watch. (See "The Green Mile.") William Macy carrying that darling baby around with him added a quaint touch.
This movie will surprise you. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 19, 2004 | | Summary | Stick with the original! | Content
| Probably not too many viewers realize that 'Welcome to Collinwood' is a remake of a brilliantly funny Italian movie 'Big Deal on Madonna Street'. Unfortunately, the features that made the original sparkle (great characters depicted with love and care), are not present in 'Welcome to Collinwood'. What's left is an uninspired mess. The characters that were supposed to represent the Italian soul were not successfully transformed to American soil. Instead, they were shamelessly copied from the original. As a result, the characters and many scenes in 'Welcome to Collinwood' do not make sense and look contrived. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 24, 2004 | | Summary | With out a doubt the worst movie I have ever seen. | Content
| I didn't even want to give this movie 1 star. I reccomend that all of you avoid this movie like the plague. I hope every actor in this film never gets to star in another film. This film is a pathetic recreation one of my favorite films "Big Deal on Madonna St." Not one moment "Weclome to Collingwood" was pleasant to me. Why? Cause everything about it was poorly excecuted and cheap. The worst part of all of it was poor delivery of the jokes in the film. I didn't even laugh once. Watching this film was like watching a street vendor sell fake Gucci bags and Bolex watches. |
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