I don't expect most films to be 100% accurate and this is an entertaining flick, but it's got a lot wrong with it.
First off, Christian Slater is fantastic, but he doesn't and can't play a convincing Sicilian New Yorker at all. Which brings me to my next point, the New York accents in this movie in particular are so bad. The Italian ones are bad also but the New York accents really take the cake. And Patrick Dempseys New England accent is a dead giveaway as well.
There's also quite a few historical inaccuracies, which is to be expected. But how they got "Faranzano" instead of "Maranzano" is the most ridiculous and the mispronounced "Masseria" is also pretty cringe worthy.
Overall, Mobsters is a good 6. The dialogue is cheesey but funny, it's shot well, the cast is very good outside the poor take on the NY dialect, and for that it's a good cult classic.
First off, Christian Slater is fantastic, but he doesn't and can't play a convincing Sicilian New Yorker at all. Which brings me to my next point, the New York accents in this movie in particular are so bad. The Italian ones are bad also but the New York accents really take the cake. And Patrick Dempseys New England accent is a dead giveaway as well.
There's also quite a few historical inaccuracies, which is to be expected. But how they got "Faranzano" instead of "Maranzano" is the most ridiculous and the mispronounced "Masseria" is also pretty cringe worthy.
Overall, Mobsters is a good 6. The dialogue is cheesey but funny, it's shot well, the cast is very good outside the poor take on the NY dialect, and for that it's a good cult classic.