Bad Apple

It took a while to get used to Chris Noth as an undercover cop (and Robert Patrick as a thug!) but once I got over that it was a lot of fun. The characters weren't entirely believable but their quirks served the plot and dialogue well. There were quite a few quotable one and two line bits in this movie that made me laugh out loud. I had pretty low expectations for a TNT movie and this really exceeded them - there were a lot of well-directed moments of great comic timing and meaningful glances that made me chuckle.

I'm very surprised to see the low ratings that this movie got - I'm not sure what people had issues with. (I prefer to comment before reading other people's comments, to avoid tainting my own impressions with other's criticisms.) All of the lead actors turned in excellent performances, the writing was good, the wardrobe for the criminal characters was funny all by itself, and in general I thought this was well done. It's no classic but it was entertaining and I didn't say "oh no it's just more Hollywood crap" once.

Bad Apple is a very hard to find, MTV produced crime comedy that doesn't look like much upon first glance, but contains some absolutely hysterical situational comedy, and just enough of its own quirky flavor to make it memorable. It stars a mopey Chris Noth as Tozzi, a slick undercover FBI agent who is trying to infiltrate a gang of New York mobsters while also falling in love with the sister (Dagmara Dominczyk) of his informer. He finds himself involved with two unsavory hoodlums: sour tempered Buddha Stanzione (Eliott Gould) and rampaging lunatic Tommy 'Bells' Bellavita (Robert Patrick). This is one of Patrick's shining hours and it's a shame no one has seen this because he truly subverts his strong and silent stereotype with a performance straight out of a loony toons movie. His Tommy sports the most terrifying blonde dye job I've ever seen, adding to his gleefully menacing aura, and whether he's happily intimidating everything that moves, or treating people by dual wielding chainsaws, he's an absolute treasure. There's supporting work from Mercedes Ruehl, Colm Meaney and Jim Gaffigan as well. It all floats by in a nicely entertaining package of hardboiled crime that accented wonderfully by its harebrained sense of absurd comedy. My kind of combination.

This movie was awesome. The cast was well selected and they performed beautifully. The film had a nice blend of humor, action and drama that made the experience well worth it. I thought Robert Patrick and Chris Noth were very convincing in their respected lead roles. Colm Meaney and Mercedes Ruehl playing the married couple caught in a very stressful yet funny situation complimented the main plot very well. Elliott Gould can play a kingpin like second nature and the addition of Jim Gaffigan as the annoying tech-man was icing on the cake. The soundtrack, story line and the overall performance of the cast made the movie enjoyable to watch. Cudos to TNT and all who worked on it. Give this one the emmy nod. I'll be sure to buy it ASAP!

this was so cool, lets have a bad apple two!!!! any fan of chris noth or robert patrick should enjoy this movie. i would love to see this become a weekly 1hr event. they picked all the right people for all the right parts.

Biting an apple, a good one, I only got shaky and broken words for this TV movie. Shaky and broken like its plot.

God, thank you for Dominczyk's pretty face and sexy exotic Polish accent. Lovely voice she has.

Robert Patrick, I only saw his "Terminator" in which he doesn't need to speak at all but kill and run. How delightful to find out that his voice is exactly like Martin Sheen's, though MS is 18 years senior to RP. Actually RP can do far better, the faulty plot just doesn't allow him to shine brighter. BTW, I like his look, blond and fair.

Chris Noth is known here in town largely due to the huge success of Sex and the City. How come he looks so downcast here.

Why doesn't Colm Meaney call for backup when that is really necessary?

Claps to Howard Korder, quite a number of lines are hilariously funny.

"Comedy"? How did it achieve this title? I don't know how to laugh during and after seeing it.

Big thank you to the VCD distributors in town and the visual technology, I don't need to tolerate the TV commercials, it took me less than 96 minutes to sweep it through with the fast-forward button.