a fine little gem
Added 4/10/2008
it's not trying to be some epic Scrocese film. it's a story about a couple of mooks who just screw up and lie and shine it when you call them on it, and their slow spiral down. you're a fly on the wall, right up close.
the handheld camera work is pretty amazing, really tight closeups on the characters, with a rhythm that just grips you and yanks you around, so much so that, when i first saw it in the theaters, when the scene finally broke you could hear the whole theater exhale. why is this not on DVD please?
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A bunch of losers living on the edge and playing with fire. I loved it!
Added 12/24/2006
I was interested in this low-budget 1992 film because it starred Edie Falco of "The Sopranos" before she got famous, and because the setting was an Italian American neighborhood in Brooklyn. The characters are all "wanna be" gangsters who think they are tough guys. There are two couples in the story and Edie Falco is a hard-working young married woman who argues a lot with her husband even though you can tell that the two of them are in love. They are friends with another couple who fight and break up all the time. The boyfriend is physically abusive and and Edie Falco does a lot of consoling her friend. All of them hang out in bars and the men are involved in petty crime, including a lot of shoplifting. Into this mix comes another friend who is on parole from jail. He is definitely a bad guy and is trying to sell guns, much to Edie Falco's displeasure. Everyone talks and argues all the time. It was a bunch of losers living on the edge and playing with fire. Naturally, one of them gets shot.
I know this wasn't a great film. In fact it probably wouldn't even get on the playing field for any kind of award. But it moved fast, the characters were interesting and quirky, and I really got into the grittiness of it all. I liked their youth and vim and vinegar even though it was obvious that they were all losers. And, unlike "The Sopranos", nobody ever makes any real money and they are always poor.
Frankly, I loved this film and give it a high rating. I found it interesting and very very real even though I know it is not for everyone.
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it has NO ENDING
Added 10/24/2005
WTF i would have given this movie 5 stars if they'd actually finished it.
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Dont think the box has anything to do with the movie.
Added 5/16/2005
I read the reviews for this movie and really wanted to see it. Peter Greene is what caught my attention because he is a great actor just never made it as big as he should of. Well after I watched this movie I was extremely dissappointed. It didnt seem like the same movie everyone was reviewing PLUS! everything on the pictures on the front and back of the box IS NOT IN THE MOVIE! The picture of Johnny on the back holding the gun, yeah that never happends, nor is Peter Greenes character the way he is on the cover. I dont understand why they would put all that on the box and not have any of it in the movie.
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An Unheralded but Brilliant Movie about Inner City Life
Added 4/5/2003
I first saw this movie 8 years ago on the recommendation of a friend. From the opening scene to the gripping, climactic finale, my adrenaline was pumping. As other reviews have mentioned, the power of this movie comes from its characters. They are raw, emotionally driven individuals who don't filter their language or behaviors by laws or morals...they simply live the only way they know how to live - on a day to day basis just trying to get by....as Frankie says, "No one plans on going to jail. It just sort of happens. I do things and sometimes I get in trouble for it".
I"ve always been intrigued by the title of the movie, as I think there could be several interpretations. The most obvious being that the lifestyle these people choose to (or arguably are forced to) live can only bring them in one direction....down. Yet, I found myself not only empathizing with but cheering for each of the characters at various stages of the film. You're just not sure at any point in the movie whether you like a particular character or not....but on some level, you can probably relate to them. I agree with one of the previous reviewers that the only movie I have seen that can even hold a candle to LOG in terms of its raw, realistic portrayal of life on the inner city streets is Kids.
Laws of Gravity is an outstanding depiction of inner city life and the mentality of those who have no means of leaving this lifestyle.
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