Spike of Bensonhurst

A perfect storm of mook bravado, Italian comedy confusion, unflappable satire, and bizarre ham-handed social issues film, the likes of which we will never see again in our times. Sasha Mitchell seems to understand the role and his place in it, somehow, and that goes a long,…

proofrock

Contesting social alternatives, criminal but no less meaningful. So relentlessly funny that you might be forgiven for overlooking the perfection of Morrissey’s framing and camera movement. Love that Spike has both a beautiful dyke mother and a beautiful dyke-looking…

Avalyn Wu

contains at least one 🤌 per scene lowkey one of Morrissey’s best

Liz

By my count the word ‘Bensonhurst’ is said 24 times

Liz

Valley Girl meets Good Fellas meets Jersey Shore. Actually had a fun time with this despite one of the least suitable soundtracks of all time.

Elric Kane

brilliance may lie in the subtle friction under the seemingly smooth slide of the narrative. maybe it’ll sink in more upon rewatch. people who claim this has sopranos-level humor must have not watched that show at all.

chaz

Utterly perplexed at the high ratings for this. SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER replacing the disco and melodrama with Italian pop and bad comedy. I never laughed once. Sasha Mitchell is great, and I did love seeing Paul Morrissey cast Geraldine Smith as his lesbian mom two decades…

Casey Scott

o papo é reto "You can't deny it. It's in your blood." e a fórmula é simples porradaria franca e amor proibido ao som de italo disco = durante 100 minutos tudo esteve certo neste mundo onde é que esse bom gosto foi parar

Erick M

"What's wrong with him wanting to have a little gang fight with the Puerto Ricans?" compared to the other morrissey's I have seen, this felt commercial. But that's good. It's a great thing even. Everyone went to the kevin kline school of being italian. But really…

Not Elsie Fisher