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Brooklyn Lobster (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 7  Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.7/10

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Runtime: 90 mins

Synopsis: Frank Giorgio's once orderly life has been thrown into chaos since the bank that loaned him money for a restaurant addition to his lobster business has folded. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, played by Danny Aiello (Moonstruck, Do the Right... Frank Giorgio's once orderly life has been thrown into chaos since the bank that loaned him money for a restaurant addition to his lobster business has folded. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, played by Danny Aiello (Moonstruck, Do the Right Thing), his family and eccentric crew attempt to save the Brooklyn lobster shop that is the cornerstone of their identity. Frank's son Michael (Daniel Sauli, The Pink Panther, Boiler Room), who has chosen a much different life for himself in the tech world of Seattle, and his girl friend Kerry (Heather Burns, Bewitched, Miss Congeniality 2) return home for Christmas and, for better or worse, are dragged into the family drama that unfolds. Michael's childhood home has been sold, and his mother Maureen (Jane Curtin, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Saturday Night Live) is separating from Frank. Over the course of two extraordinary weeks, he finds himself sleeping on a pull-out couch with his dad, catching wandering lobster crates in the bay and trying to mend his relationship with Kerry in a gaudy Russian motel. While Michael joins the sometimes humorous Lobster Farm rescue efforts, Maureen is trying to keep her distance, staying with her daughter Lauren (Marisa Ryan, Riding in Cars with Boys), son-in-law Just in (Ian Kahn, Dawson's Creek) and baby granddaughter as she looks for a place to live and establish her own identity-apart from the lobster business that has consumed her life, her house and her husband. Lauren, who has stood by her father working at the Lobster Farm, strives to keep the lines of communication open while the family struggles to hold it together despite the imminent threat to their business. This sincere, down-to-earth drama explores the complexities and inherent comedy of family dynamics. As the final auction approaches, Frank and Michael are forced to look within themselves and the heritage that has shaped them both. For Michael, that means acknowledging the traits he shares with his father and not al lowing himself to repeat the same mistakes. For Frank, it's a matter of letting go and opening himself up to the family and friends who might just provide the lifeline he so desperately needs. --© Red Claw Productions [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Danny Aiello, Jane Curtin, Daniel Sauli, Marisa Ryan, Ian Kahn

Director: Kevin Jordan
Screenwriter: Kevin Jordan
Composer: Craig Maher

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 12, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 16.9

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Commentaries - 1. Danny Aiello - Star
  • 2. Kevin Jordan - Director
  • Featurette - 1. Making of BROOKLYN LOBSTER
  • 2. Deleted Scenes

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Geoff Andrew
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The movie has that 'shiny-object-syndrome'... it tends to get easily sidetracked by things that aren't important to the story.

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06/22/07
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
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Comes from a sincere (as in autobiographical) place, and, despite its familiar trappings, it's presented with an admirable lack of B.S.

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12/08/06
Scott Weinberg
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Brooklyn Lobster is a sweet and touching film, worth a visit.

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03/23/06
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Brooklyn Lobster is the kind of smart, realistic indie family drama the movies should give us more often.

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03/23/06
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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02/04/06
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The crustaceans' unhappy destinies are more compelling than the colorless lives of their captors.

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01/20/06
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald
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Jordan doesn't always hit his mark, allowing extraneous dialogue that doesn't build on the relationships; giving too much time to silly employee high jinks; and staying too far away with his camera when he should be right in the faces of his actors.

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01/19/06
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Jordan draws so well on the idiosyncrasies of the family profession that it makes the movie worth watching

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01/19/06
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
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The dramatic engine may be real estate and bank loans, but the heart of the movie is family and character and the film provides plenty of both.

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11/04/05
John Anderson
Newsday
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Well-meant, but only adequately realized, the movie is simply undersized.

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11/04/05
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Fails to dig out the dramatic meat, despite a yeoman performance by Danny Aiello.

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11/04/05
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Aiello dominates with equal measures of gruff bluster, pained confusion and not-so-quiet desperation. It's an impressively multifaceted performance.

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11/04/05
Joe Leydon
Variety
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However fact-based the material may be, Jordan's salt-of-the-earth characters, with their bluster and pride and rough-edged loyalty, are all too familiar, and their travails feel formulaic, right down to the life-affirming climax.

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11/04/05
Maitland McDonagh
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The triumph here is the natural, fluid way the characters interact, many of them displaying real-life, quirky senses of humor you don't often find in screenplays.

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11/04/05
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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Ultimately has the air of a home movie project blown up to feature-length proportions.

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11/03/05
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Kevin Jordan's small family drama, set in Sheepshead Bay, is an unusually pure example of American kitchen-sink realism.

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11/03/05
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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This family-versus-business parable comes across as slight, familiar, and in dire need of seasoning.

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11/01/05
Ben Kenigsberg
Village Voice
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