Staten Island (film)

Staten Island (also known as Little New York) is a 2009 crime film written and directed by James DeMonaco[1] in his directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Seymour Cassel as three Staten Islanders whose lives intersect through a crime. Following a very limited theatrical run in New York City, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in December 2009.

Staten Island
Film poster
Directed byJames DeMonaco
Produced byLuc Besson
Sebastien Lemercier
D. Ramanaidu
Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Written byJames DeMonaco
StarringEthan Hawke
Vincent D'Onofrio
Seymour Cassel
CinematographyChris Norr
Distributed byEuropaCorp
Release date
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFrance
United States
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

A Staten Island mob boss Parmie (D'Onofrio) is robbed by a septic tank cleaner named Sully (Hawke), who is friends with Jasper (Cassel), a deaf deli employee moonlighting as a corpse chopper for Parmie.

Cast

Critical reception

The film received mixed to average reviews from critics.[2] The New York Times critic praised the director James DeMonaco for "adroitly weaving violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable",[3] while the reviewer from The New York Daily News blamed him for "wasting a strong cast in silly roles".[4]

References
  1. "Staten Island". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  2. "Staten Island Reviews at Metecritic.com". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  3. Webster, Andy (2009-11-20). "Movie Reviews – Staten Island – NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
  4. Neumaier, Joe; Weitzman, Elizabeth (2009-11-19). "Short movie reviews". The New York Daily News. Retrieved 2009-12-27.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.