One tough Cookie
Added 8/30/2008
COOKIE (1989) stars British-born Emily Lloyd as the hard-edged daughter of a recently paroled Mafia boss (Peter Falk); her mother (Dianne Wiest) is the man's mistress. Cookie (Carmela) is too much like her old man ('Dapper Dino' Capisco) for comfort-- she has his toughness, courage under fire and violent tendencies. Dad chooses to ignore these however and berates the girl for her "early-Madonna" fashion sense and trampy behavior, which makes their initial reunion after his 13 year "stretch" a rocky one.
As with any crime family story, money is a factor here. Dino's partner (Carmine) sold their business venture while Dino was in jail, and refuses to give up half the money. The rest of the story involves double-crosses and redouble-crosses that pit Cookie and her father against the mob and an ambitious D.A.
Considering the subject matter, COOKIE is a pleasant movie scripted by Nora Ephron. A cast of familiar faces, like Michael V. Gazzo as the chiseling Carmine (he was Frankie Pantangelo in "Godfather II"), and Jerry Lewis as the mobster who bought out the business, keep things lively throughout. Watch for a pre-diet Ricki Lake as Cookie's girlfriend.
(Not available on DVD.)
Emily Lloyd portrayed Bruce Willis's daughter in IN COUNTRY(1989), which is the story of an ex-Vietnam vet who's disabled by PTSD.
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(5.2) Cookie (1989) - Peter Falk/Dianne Wiest/Emily Lloyd/Michael V. Gazzo/Brenda Vaccaro/Lionel Stander/Jerry Lewis/Ricki Lake/Joy Behar
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This movie is good fun. The actors are great: Emily Lloyd, Peter Falk and Adrian Pasdar. It's Peter Falk's typical role and if you like him in it, you'll like him here. Emily should have had more movies because she is great - and finally Adrian Pasdar gets a real chance in a movie. Good entertainment.
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cute versin of the mafia
Added 3/27/2000
A great sunday afternoon fun story.
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Cute story about daughter-father relationship
Added 1/9/1999
This is a really cute story about the relationship between a father (Peter Falk) who is a mobster just released from prison who meets his daughter for the first time. It's a comedy with some foreseeable events but it's the performances that are fun to watch. Falk is terrific. Weist is lovingly hilarious as the "oversexed" mistress and mother of the daughter. Brenda Vacarro is wonderfully funny in a campy role as the wife. But Adrian Pasdar as the daughter's love interest and "young sidekick, mobster wannabe" is usually the perfect foil for the rest of the other outrageous, campy roles. Pasdar charmingly steals the scenes. Even though he is often the "straight man" in this comedy, he manages to play the comedic parts very well and is as funny as the more seasoned actors. Though dated (the daughter is a "Madonna wannabe") it is a truly fun ride.
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