Davi, who has the kind of handsomely weathered face that has spent a lot of time gazing into the sun, clearly poured his heart into this movie, and it shows.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 11, 2008

As light as a feather and about as memorable, The Dukes is a pet project all the way, just a lark for Davi and his buddies to star in and screen for one another like a home movie.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 26, 2008

The sweetness grows cloying by the end, but perhaps that's fitting for a film that's so clearly a labor of love.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 21, 2008

Here's the little movie that could, a potent directing debut for actor Robert Davi.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 19, 2008

The old-fashioned story is aided by surprisingly smooth direction, as well as likable performances from Davi himself, Chazz Palmintieri, and a perfectly cast Peter Bogdanovich.

| Nov 18, 2008

Jokes about a matron at an Italian restaurant and a guy with a thing for fat chicks only take you so far.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 14, 2008

[It's] about the kinds of showbiz hangers-on seen in the background of a Scorsese movie, and it feels like those guys decided they were the real stars.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 14, 2008

The Dukes tastes like pasta sauce that has sat on the shelf long after the expiration date on the can.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 14, 2008

The Dukes could use more music and less sap, but it's refreshing to see a film about the problems of working-class men on the far side of middle age, struggling just to get by.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 13, 2008

Unforced camaraderie and some effective slapstick save this low-aspiration vehicle from its budgetary shortcomings.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Nov 12, 2008

It's an enjoyable way to pass 90 minutes. But to call it an important movie with big ideas is like saying Miley Cyrus sings like Ella Fitzgerald.

Full Review | Nov 12, 2008

How, though, to resent a work of such deliberate inconsequence?

| Nov 12, 2008

Crafted with considerably more heart than skill.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 9, 2008

With Davi and Chazz Palminteri fronting a first-rate ensemble cast, and a tasty soundtrack of golden oldies, this unpretentious indie dramedy has much to recommend.

| Oct 18, 2008