Alicia
I love this movie so much
ThiefHott
Too much of everything
Noutions
Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .
Grimossfer
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
SnoopyStyle
The FBI is after mob boss Pops Romano (Peter Falk). Leo Corrigan (Fred Ward) is his right hand man but also FBI's secret informant. Pops' violent sons illiterate Paulie (Peter Berg) and secretly gay Peter (Chris Penn) work closely with him. Pops decides to plant his estrange son Corky (Chris Kattan) as a mole inside the FBI. Corky is a clueless, bumbling veterinarian who was kicked out of the home after his mother's death. A hacker gives him the false identity of FBI agent Pissant. His bumbling ways start solving cases which impresses FBI director Howard Shuster (Richard Roundtree). Agent Kate Russo (Vinessa Shaw) is on the case. Agent Brick Davis (Matthew Glave) is suspicious of Corky.This is stupid but not stupid enough to be truly funny. Corky is not necessarily that likable although he does grow on me. The set up for the plot is bad. It doesn't make sense that the informant Leo doesn't tell the FBI especially since he's the one who suggests Corky. Leo should not know anything about Corky infiltrating the FBI. It might improve if Corky is stupider and the story less stupid. The writing is bad all over. Corky could have worked as a character but not in this movie.
acreativeforce
The only way I can even stomach an over the top, silly movie is if the acting by the lead character is good and/or the direction is excellent. This movie made us a big fan of Chris Kattan. So many comedies I have seen lately have actors that you can tell are simply going for a laugh, the acting isn't genuine and the characters are not consistently believable. I want to believe the character regardless of how ridiculous or goofy the character's behavior is. This movie has some really silly moments in it, yet what made it work perfectly is that Kattan performed a genuine character effortlessly. He had a lot of natural charisma and the director highlighted this well. It was very easy to have empathy for this goofy character. There were some moments in this film where we had to pause the movie because we were laughing so hard. I saw this movie at least five years ago and I still have a couple scenes pop into my mind from time to time that make me smile. If you admire Chris Kattan's work, this is definitely worth checking out.
s_a_n_d_w_i_c_h_e_s
This is a great movie that is filled to brimming with many funny jokes about all kinds of things you can think of. It is so enjoyable that it resembles a familiar touch on the back from a kindly relative in a time of need. I thought it was really great in a way (but in all ways). The music is one of the best things about the film but also the direction and editing is a phenomenon.This movie is about Corky Romano, a little gay man who becomes an FBI agent to fight crime. But get this you, his family is all criminals which makes a nice twist on the usual. It's a very funny film that will make you laugh your pants.
Claudio Carvalho
When the mobster Francis A. 'Pops' Romano (Peter Folk) is sent to the court, the Romano family decides to send an undercover man to destroy the evidences against him without knowing that there is an informer in mafia. The clumsy loser veterinary son Corky Romano (Chris KattaN), who is not a criminal, is infiltrated in the FBI to destroy the evidences against his father.Based on the bad reviews in IMDb, I saw "Corky Romano" with the lowest expectation I could have, but I liked it. The story is silly, but there are many funny situations. The lead character is a completely a**hole, but all his mistakes work in the end. It is also worthwhile to see also the sexy Vinessa Shaw. Do not think, watch this film with low expectation and in the end you might be surprised laughing a lot. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "A Arma Secreta da Máfia" ("The Mafia's Secret Weapon")