Synopsis
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
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Cast
- Robert De NiroLorenzo Anello
- Chazz PalminteriSonny LoSpecchio
- Lillo BrancatoCalogero "C" Anello (Age 17)
- Francis CapraCalogero "C" Anello (Age 9)
- Taral HicksJane Williams
- Kathrine NarducciRosina Anello
- Clem CasertaJimmy Whispers
- Alfred Sauchelli, Jr.Bobby Bars
- Frank PietrangolareDanny K.O.
- Joe PesciCarmine
Recommandations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
A Bronx Tale is a very funny movie sometimes, and very touching at other times. It is filled with life and colorful characters and great lines of dialogue, and De Niro, in his debut as a director, finds the right notes as he moves from laughter to anger to tears. What's important about the film is that it's about values. - 88
ReelViews
De Niro successfully varies the tone, keeping it light and playful at times, dark and somber at others. A Bronx Tale is his triumph, and a testimony that all those years of watching the best in the business have borne fruit. If what is yet to come has any of the promise shown by this debut, we may be witnessing the birth of yet another directing talent. - 88
Rolling Stone
He lacks Scorsese's raw inventiveness, but there's no denying De Niro's skill in keeping this pungent street epic brimming over with action and laughs without sacrificing intimacy. He is a supreme director of actors. - 88
USA Today
Instead of ladling on the Scorsese sauce, Robert De Niro's Bronx accent is on semisweet nostalgia. He presents a domestic drama spiced with humor about a boy torn between his working-stiff dad (De Niro in fine regular-fella mode) and Chazz Palminteri's easy-money ways. De Niro doesn't let arty camera angles sub for good storytelling. And he draws memorable performances from two amazing young, new actors. [01 Oct 1993, p. 8D] - 80
Empire
Surprisingly sentimental by turns, this emerges not as just another gangster initiation movie, but as a story of father and son love with enough guts to hold those anticipating the former, while also touching the heart. - 80
Time
The central conflict, the struggle for Calogero's soul, is stated with a fable's starkness. But the tone of the film is musing, reflective, gently insinuating. - 78
Austin Chronicle
On the whole, A Bronx Tale is an impressive work and it's easy to see why De Niro connected with Palminteri's story. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
A Bronx Tale tries to cover too much ground; racial conflict, family drama, first love, the lure of the gangster life, and the joys and tribulation of coming of age in a kinder, gentler New York are all crammed into the slight story. It all feels too familiar to sustain the viewer's interest, but Palminteri's and De Niro's equally compelling performances help give it life.
