Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 08/24/1999
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Ardustry Home Entertainment
Writer, director, and producer
Adam Bernstein followed up the disastrous comedy
It's Pat: The Movie (1994) with this black comedy that mixes elements of
Psycho (1960) and
Goodfellas (1990). Former male model
Norman Reedus stars as Harry Odum, a henpecked, 18-year-old momma's boy in Youngstown, Ohio, who -- with his violent temper -- impresses a local boss of the Jewish Mafia. Soon he's found his calling as a hit man alongside his crack addict partner Arnie Finklestein (
Adrien Brody), and he discovers that his rage and complicated psychosis fuel his murderous abilities. Harry also falls for the organization's limping, Hungarian-born maid Iris (
Elina Lowensohn), a romance complicated by Harry's Oedipal, sexual relationship with his domineering mother Kate (
Deborah Harry).
Six Ways to Sunday (1997) was based on the
Charles Perry novel
Portrait of a Young Man Drowning.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
