Parrain d'un jour

Original title: Things Change

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

4.2K

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Don Ameche and Joe Mantegna in Parrain d'un jour (1988)

Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.

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Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.Shoe-shiner Gino is hired to take the rap for a mafia murder. Two-bit gangster Jerry watches over Gino and gives him a weekend to remember.

Director
- David Mamet
Writers
- David Mamet
- Shel Silverstein
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- David Mamet
Writers
- David Mamet
- Shel Silverstein
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Miss Bates
(as Willo Varsi Hausman)

Gail Silver

Housemaid

Len Hodera

Ramone

Josh Conescu

Bellenza

Adam Bitterman

Marcotti

Jack Merrill

No Pair
(as Merrill Holtzman)

William Novelli

Willie

Kenny Lilliebridge

Chicago Bodyguard

Charles Stransky

Scarface
(as Chuck Stransky)

William H. Macy

Billy Drake
(as W.H. Macy)

Director
- David Mamet
Writers
- David Mamet
- Shel Silverstein
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Future husband and wife Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy appear in this film. They were dating at the time.

Goofs
After they leave the airport, Jerry and Gino stop to talk with Billy Drake. Then Gino stays in front of the others, holding the overcoats, with Billy on his left-hand side and Jerry on his right. In the next shot Billy appears holding the overcoats and leading Gino with his right hand to the car. For this to be possible it would be necessary that them both had changed their places.

Quotes
Jerry: Babe, this is the guy behind the guy behind the guy.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Things Change/Bat*21/Without a Clue/Mystic Pizza/Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)

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Featured review

7/10

Artsy to where you can see the seams... but great ensemble work

Mamet is not an unalloyed mastermind in my book. He hits and misses.

Here, he (and Shel Silverstein) crafted a story that explores a few clever plot concepts, such as the vaguely "Inspector General"-style false-identity gimmick. No spoiler, there: It kicks in pretty early on and dominates things for most of the flick. Most of the comedy/tension of the flick revolves about that idea.

The truly touching stuff involves the ensemble work, and it's worth taking the flick in of an evening just for that.

Other than that, the structure/storyline of the flick is about 80% good, but about 20% sprinkled with confusing side-events that don't quite seem to mesh.

Mamet and Silverstein tried to engineer a truly compelling denouement, but it doesn't feel quite whole and organic and... compelling, to me. It's merely adequate, in my book.

But if you want to see truly inspired acting, driven by adequate direction, check it out.