If John Huston’s name were not on Prizzi’s Honor, I'd have thought a fresh new talent had burst on the scene, and he’d certainly be the hottest new director in Hollywood.

| Sep 13, 2023

Huston also directed this movie, and the Academy just loves this family legacy stuff. Beyond that, I find the movie to be pretty dull.

| Dec 8, 2021

Since first catching the film during its original run, repeated viewings have always yielded the same reaction: sheer joy at the intricate plotting and delightful performances, yet pronounced disappointment in a problematic climax that leaves a bad taste.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 11, 2021

Prizzi's Honor, a tongue-in-cheek flipside of crime melodramas, delivers a powerfully funny punch.

| Aug 16, 2021

John Huston's best film in years.

| Feb 28, 2020

A dark comedy, to be sure, but it all ends on a surprisingly dour note that it never quite earns.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 4, 2019

I think it's just about a great movie, and certainly one of director John Huston's best.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 24, 2017

Almost every possible mob film has been made, but this one still feels inventive and engaging.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2011

John Huston's dark, cynical comedy about the Mafia, one of his last pictures, suffers from the lack of chemistry between Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, but Anjelica Huston is excellent in a well-deserving Oscar-winning turn.

| Original Score: B | Aug 16, 2008

A blackly comic and insidiously sly love story in the unforgiving underworld of mob families and freelance criminals...

| Jul 20, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 11, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 20, 2008

Huston steers clear of slapstick clich and keeps the comedy coming, right to its violently funny ending.

| Feb 5, 2008

John Huston's Prizzi's Honor packs love, sex, and murder -- and dark comedy -- into a labyrinthine tale.

| Feb 5, 2008

As usual, Turner works hard and manages to lend some conviction to a shoddily written part, but she can't connect with Nicholson, whose obscure hamminess leaves him isolated on some other planet.

| Feb 5, 2008

Watching the two [stars] work together is a large part of Prizzi's appeal -- they have the talent to make the most of John Huston's sure-handed direction, and it shows.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2006

Widely considered a black comedy classic, Prizzi's Honor is dated today and, tragically, finally revealed as a middling work that wanders aimlessly and ends abruptly.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2006

A very stylish walk with love and death.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 9, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2005