The life of a young couple, who are deeply in love with each other and prepare for their marriage, but when they can't collect the money, they make their mind to steal it from a bar, where Mafia meet, has been changed completely, as they find themselves involved with the police and the mob.
De Felitta has a feel for this world and its atmosphere, from the clutter and casual ugliness of the streets, to the insularity of the mentality, to the unexpected sweetness and vulnerability of the people.
As Tommy and Rosie, Pitt and Arianda are just the right kind of nuts, the right kind of dumb, the right kind of desperate and the right kind of in love to make it all go down like pie.
One of the pleasures of Rob the Mob, director Raymond De Felitta's serio-comic crime drama, is watching Pitt and Arianda as the rambunctious, lovestruck pair who can't believe the scam they've stumbled upon.
The movie is full of quirky, usually worthwhile digressions (Andy Garcia has an expansive part as a mob boss) that add to its offbeat tone, further abetted by interesting musical choices and a very nice score by Stephan Endelman.
Under the Radar
August 18, 2014
By far one of the most fun mob thrillers we've seen in some time.
