Plan B

I really loved this movie and I am not even a Diane Keaton fan! There are so many mafia movies like Goodfellas and Godfather that when a really funny mob comedy comes out like Plan B (or Analyze This) its a lot of fun to watch. This movie is a lot of fun and follows Fran, a bookkeeper played by Diane Keaton, as she finds herself involved with the mob in a lot of crazy situations. The story gets pretty wacky but is so much fun to watch. I was laughing out loud so many times and my husband was laughing too; that doesn't always happen. I would rate this movie about even with (or maybe just below?) Analyze This and definitely better than Analyze That and The Whole Nine (and Ten) Yards! The movie never gets boring and its fun to watch Bob Balaban, Burt Young (from the Rocky movies) and Paul Sorvino have so much fun working together. I give this one an A-

The plot line is very funny, and right away you know this movie is going to be good. Diane Keaton is perfect in her role, and the concept is kind of like taking a Woody Allen movie and merging it with a Mafioso theme, all in a really clever and funny way. I can definitely watch his movie over and over and find new things to laugh at. Paul Sorvino is also really good, and Natsha Lyonne was in her prime and still on track for a good career for this one. I have a weakness for movies based in New York City, but this one is especially fun because you see good visuals. Strong cast and the movie progresses well. I love quirky comedies and this one is a must see :)

Simply put, this is the worst movie since "Police Academy: Mission to Moscow" (if you liked that movie you will probably like this one).

What were they thinking ? Some ideas should stay just that, an idea. The fact that this idea could itself to film should be a criminal offense.

What was so bad about it I hear you ask. One word ... EVERYTHING.

Cost to Hire: $4.50 Cost in Time to Watch: 89 Minutes

I want a refund on both!

I was fortunate enough to see a sneak preview of this truly wacky mob comedy, which hasn't been released yet. It's a great film, on many levels: The plot is so off-beat that you can't help getting drawn in. You get to see awesome actors like Paul Sorvino and Burt Young play with some fabulously funny writing. And director Greg Yaitanes creates a spaghetti-western like world that is just so visually COOL, you have to see this film on the big screen. Hopefully, this movie is coming soon to a theater near you!

The cast looked promising, the storyline seemed to hold some laughs, and I was in the mood for some off-beat Diane Keaton gangster comedy.

Well, there are a few laughs to be had through-out the movie, but most of the time I just thought 'when is something interesting going to happen?' and 'when does Diane stop crying/shouting/babbling hysterically?'. I'm used to watching Diane Keaton playing this type of character, but in this case she really overdid it (may be the Director's fault, who knows). An outright terrible performance is made by Anthony DeSando playing the son/sidekick/whatever of Sorvino's character. The part in itself is exceptionally stupid (very cliché), but DeSando manages to make the character appear so stupid, that it isn't even funny (which I believe it was intended to be).

Bob Balaban (as Keaton's brother), Burt Young (as one of the persons she's asked to kill) and sometimes also Maury Chaykin makes the last half the movie somewhat tolerable, after 40 minutes of Keaton freaking out all the time.

The movie isn't exactly terrible, but it is the worst Diane Keaton-flick I've seen for some time.