Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-06-02 (Monday)

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

Johnny Dangersly (Cinemax) - I scoured my DVR and found this one that's
been sitting there since 2023.  This is 1984 comedy directed by Amy
Heckerling, and starring Michael Keaton as "Johnny Dangerously," a 1930s
mobster who gets into wacky criminal adventures.  Peter Boyle also stars
as Johnny's crime boss. Marilu Henner plays Johnny's girlfriend. Danny
DeVito plays a corrupt DA.  Joe Piscopo plays another crook (if you saw
the movie you know his catchphrase!), and Griffin Dunne plays Johnny's
younger brother, who Johnny put through law school only for the brother
to become a DA who then goes after Johnny.  There are several more
celebrity cameos.  This is one of those movies I watched all the time
when I was a kid, but I haven't seen this since the mid 80s.  After all
of these years I still remembered a couple of the gags, but the overall
movie was just OK.  It was a lot funnier when I was 8 years old seeing
Mr. Mom play a gangster.

Amy Heckerling wrote and directed Fast Times at Ridgemont High and
Clueless.

I have no recollection of this movie but it's possible I saw it.