At Christmas time, Bill Firpo (Nicolas Cage), a straight-laced New York restaurant manager, gets an unpleasant Christmas gift. His brothers Dave (Jon Lovitz) and Alvin (Dana Carvey) are paroled early due to overcrowding and placed in Bill's custody.
This film has a bad reputation. Maybe it deserves it. Jon Lovitz has claimed the cast hated making the picture, and the director (George Gallo) was so inept that Nicolas Cage had to step in for much of the picture. There is also the annoying voice Dana Carvey chose to use.
Perhaps the biggest misstep is the romance angle. As wonderful as Madchen Amick is, and as great as it is to see her in more things, there was no reason to make her the film's romantic interest. This is a comedy, and hey feel the need to throw in a forced union between a bank robber and mobster's daughter who barely even meet? The general zany comedy is good, though, and one suspects if the script had been handled a little differently, a few things tweaked, this might have been a real winner.
This film has a bad reputation. Maybe it deserves it. Jon Lovitz has claimed the cast hated making the picture, and the director (George Gallo) was so inept that Nicolas Cage had to step in for much of the picture. There is also the annoying voice Dana Carvey chose to use.
Perhaps the biggest misstep is the romance angle. As wonderful as Madchen Amick is, and as great as it is to see her in more things, there was no reason to make her the film's romantic interest. This is a comedy, and hey feel the need to throw in a forced union between a bank robber and mobster's daughter who barely even meet? The general zany comedy is good, though, and one suspects if the script had been handled a little differently, a few things tweaked, this might have been a real winner.