Synopsis
Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonCharley Partanna
- Kathleen TurnerIrene Walker
- Robert LoggiaEduardo Prizzi
- John RandolphAngelo 'Pop' Partanna
- William HickeyDon Corrado Prizzi
- Lee RichardsonDominic Prizzi
- Michael LombardRosario Filargi " Finlay "
- Anjelica HustonMaerose Prizzi
- Lawrence TierneyLt. Hanley
- CCH PounderPeaches Altamont
Recommendations
- 100
Los Angeles Times
To say the film is the treasure of the year would be to bad-mouth it in this disastrous season. Prizzi's Honor would be the vastly original centerpiece of a great year. It's a rich, dense character comedy in which Huston, working from a screenplay Richard Condon and Janet Roach adapted from Condon's novel, cocks a playful but unblinking eye at love, family loyalty and the togetherness of a happy marriage--Sicilian style. - 100
The Guardian
Probably the funniest mobster movie ever...A sublime meld of black satire, high camp and happy farce. - 100
Chicago Tribune
This film would be a winner any time of the year. It`s a classic piece of moviemaking that I plan on seeing again very soon. - 100
TV Guide Magazine
This was the penultimate film from the ailing great director. It is also one of his best. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
This is the most bizarre comedy in many a month, a movie so dark, so cynical and so funny that perhaps only Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner could have kept straight faces during the love scenes. They do. - 80
Time Out
The movie's success lies in Huston's very sure manipulation of mood and tone, somehow connecting black comedy, tongue-in-cheek acting, heavy irony, and even high camp into a coherent story. - 80
Variety
Picture is a stretch for Nicholson, who speaks in a street-tough, accented gangster-ese that initially takes some getting used to, but shortly becomes totally convincing. Turner manages to use her loveliness to jolting results. - 60
Empire
Not one of Nicholson's best, but an enjoyable comedy nonetheless.
