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Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Ruben Blades, Stacey Travis ... see more see more... , Carole Shelley , Kenny Blank , Paul Benjamin , Beatrice Winde , Juan Manuel Aguero , Horace Bailey , Henry Judd Baker , John Ray Barnes , Paul Bates , Bhubhesi Bodibe , Anthony Caso , Gregory Russell Cook , Drafton Davis , Pepe Douglas , Marina Durrell , Eileen Galindo , Leland Gantt , Daniel Hagen , Jack Hallett , Anthony Hargraves , Anthony Heald , Chris Herrera , Rynel Johnson , Carol Jean Lewis , Daniel Margotta , Olga Merediz , Stanley Mills , Todd Monteiro , Abdoulaye N'Gom , La Tanya Richardson , Darryl Robinson , Steven Rodriguez , Ron Roth , Daniel Saltzman , Boris Sichkin , Lee Simon Jr. , Billy Marshall Thompson , Tyrone Wilson , Avy Kaufman , Billy Graham , William Roberts

Joe Pesci stars as Louie Kritski, a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option, which he a... read more read more...ccepts -- he must live in his rat-infested hell hole until he brings it up to liveable standards. The judge gives him 120 days, during which time Louie meets many of his tenants, including drug dealer Marlon (Ruben Blades). Over time, Louie grows more sympathetic with their problems and sees the results of his own greediness. Unfortunately, Louie's father, Big Lou Kritski (Vincent Gardenia), is the real owner of the property, and he resists his son's entreaties to spend money to clean up the place. Famed screenwriter Nora Ephron co-scripted the story with Sam Simon. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 26 min.

Directed by: Rod Daniel

Release Date: June 1, 1991

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  • garyX
    June 3, 2007
    garyX
    Joe Pesci as a heartless greedy landlord who is forced to stay in one of his own slums. Typical contrived Hollywood junk in which the nasty rich man is taught life lessons by the noble poor folk. I'd like to force heartless greedy studio execs to sit through hours of this kind of... read more crap...
  • MovieGuruDude72
    June 19, 2007
    MovieGuruDude72
    Back when Pesci was enjoying the success he got from that annoying character he did in Lethan Weapon 2. Way back in 1989.

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Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 1, 2000
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Hal Hinson
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post

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June 1, 1991
Entertainment Weekly

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Emanuel Levy
June 25, 2005
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February 14, 2005
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May 26, 2003
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March 3, 2003
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