Started incredibly boring and weird, I turned it off

Disappointed in the ending. Amusing tough guy accent by Jersey guy Nicholson.

Just watched after many years. Definitely one of the better movies of the mid 80s. Great acting and story-you dont see much of either anymore

Well scripted plot helps carry this film in spite of it starring my bete noir, Jack Nicholson. He’s actually a bit less irritating in this one. Dragged in places but had enough in it to maintain interest and you know multiple twists and turns abound. Saw it on DVD.

Actually, it was not my type of movie, but after watching the movie it tirned quite interesting, recommended

This is a slightly slow moving crime drama. As far as comedy goes, its quite dark or black comedy. The American-Italian (or, to be more precise, sicilian, so characters claim) accents sound like stereotypes but I suppose I dont know anyone of that ethnicity to say whether their genuine or not, it just seemed a little over the top in some regards. In any case, the main plot is fairly slow to build pace - Nicholson gives an alright performance and there are some engrossing scenes but there are scenes featuring many characters talking around tables, which I took little obvious substance from. Its not an awful film, its definitely ok, it just didn't maintain my interest enough for the most part. There are definitely some amusing moments but not enough for me to feel like this is primarily a comedy film - I'd say its primarily a crime drama film. If it weren't for Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner, this would be a much more cringe-worthy, bad film I imagine but the main performances are entertaining enough for it to be worth a watch, so I suppose I'd cautiously recommend this film, as long as you have relatively low expectations - you may be pleasantly surprised but I doubt it'll be many peoples favourite film or anything like that. Its ok - amusing and diverting, if a little bland/long winded perhaps.

This movie is so good!

Terrific black comedy.

1001 movies to see before you die. This was a big letdown despite an amazing cast. I understand what Huston was trying to do, but it was not for me and was became too long and tedious. It was STG DVD.

I don't understand how this was Oscar nominated. The plot and tone are all over the place. The ending is absolute crap. It's just not a very good movie.

Boring boring boring.

For a movie about romantically entangled mob assassins, dueling loyalties, and unfortunate coincidences, Prizzi's Honor is surprisingly dull and weirdly complicated. There are so many opportunities for the film to break through towards a more entertaining or impactful product, but the screenplay never delivers and seems at times to be allergic to both fun and impact. I mean, the movie at one point causes the collapse of the illicit network of bribes paid to New York cops by the mob, which results in one throwaway scene of hookers being rounded up and no consequences for the main characters. The cast list is pretty solid and does compensate for some of the other weaknesses, but neither the romance, the comedy, or the drama end up working out well. This was the role that gave Anjelica Huston her big break, and her clandestine plotting behind the scenes is one of the best parts of the film, but she ends up relegated to borderline bit part status despite some importance to the wandering plot. (3/5)

Too dark to be funny and the story is nothing interesting.

the whole thing was just kinda awkward plus it's laughable how many times they keep using that airplane transition from scene to scene a majority of this is just lots and lots of discussions there's not even any real gun-fighting and that ending was pretty silly the way it plays out before the credits but Nicholson and Turner work well together this movie just comes and goes

Kathleen Turner works hard. Jack Nicholson is good in the character, but in some ways it's just too grounded to pay much humor. Sometimes the story is clear. Sometimes it's convoluted. But Anjelica Huston is tragic, deviant, and hilarious.

Never have I seen Jack Nicholson look so utterly disinterested. Even in How Do You Know (2010) he appears to be trying to inject his character with some excitement and a small amount of the troubled, angry young man from Five Easy Pieces (1970) shines through. He can also be a talented comedic actor as shown by his portrayal of Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment (1983) but he loses all of that charisma here as he seems to be phoning it in. Beyond Nicholson, who is on screen throughout most of the film's running time, the movie is tonally all over the place and all of the genres it tries to touch upon are not interesting as it doesn't inspire laughs as a dark comedy and the two lovers involved in the central romance bore us to tears. John Huston is a great director but his next and final film, The Dead (1987), was his real late career masterpiece. Dim witted hitman Charley Partanna, Jack Nicholson, works for the Prizzi crime family and was previously engaged to Maerose Prizzi, Anjelica Huston, the granddaughter of Don Corrado Prizzi, William Hickey. At a wedding he falls in love with the mysterious Irene Walker, Kathleen Turner, who he later finds out is the wife of Marksie Heller who robbed a casino the Prizzi family are involved in. Partanna overlooks this so that he can marry Walker and after the further revelation that she also works as a hit woman the two team up to take on enemies of the family. During a hit Walker accidentally shoots and kills an innocent woman which causes problems for the family while Walker also refuses to pay back the debts she owes to the family. Meanwhile, Maerose schemes to have Partanna to herself and turns the family against Walker who faces her own conflict with her husband. One of the biggest issues with the comedy in the film is that every actor seems to think that they are in a different type of film. Hickey gives a very over the top performance as the Don full of affected mannerisms and odd speech patterns that would feel at home in a Harold Ramis comedy. Huston seems like she would fit better in a film like Dangerous Liaisons (1988) where the humor is derived from biting, smartly written dialogue but because Nicholson is not her equal we cannot enjoy her devious machinations as much as we did those of Glenn Close. Nicholson doesn't know where he is as he sounds bored while also seeming to try his hardest with an accent that never quite fits. Turner is never really asked to play a comedic role as her character is more involved in the dramatic sections of the film but the lack of chemistry between herself and Nicholson leaves us comatose during their scenes together which make up most of the film. We are meant to believe that these two are involved in an epic, tragic love story that could only culminate in one killing the other despite their love for each other. Sadly because Turner and Nicholson are never believable as a couple it is hard to see why they would each give up so much to be together and when the far more attractive prospect of Huston exists it is difficult to see a shrill outsider stealing Nicholson's affections. The eventual death of Turner is not shocking, sad, poignant or funny because it is executed so strangely by Huston in a scene that has all of the right beats but feels overly staged and emotionally lifeless. At the end of the film we are left with the feeling that the far more interesting supporting character, Maerose, has been pushed aside so we can focus on two dull, doddering idiots who are not great company. How this film picked up so many Academy Award nominations I will never understand as it is really a poorly made film on the whole. Of the nominations I would say that Huston earned a nominated but should not have won what with competition like Meg Tilly in Agnes of God (1985) and Amy Madigan in Twice in a Lifetime (1985). It's Best Picture nomination was totally undeserved as any number of films, from The Trip to Bountiful (1985) to Brazil (1985) would have been more deserving of a nomination.

The performance of William Hickey is worth the price of admission.

John Huston sort of reworks and expands on his Maltese Falcon. Beautifully made and peppered with sly, dry humor and featuring a background of lush, appropos classical music, Blobbo not help but like this one. Especially fond of wrinkley sweet and sour old Don, played by the great William HIckey who is - Blobbo seldom use this expression - simply delilghtful!

A truly unfortunate blend of comedy and drama, and by âunfortunateâ? I mean ânonexistent.â? Hilariously enough, even Jack Nicholson himself rejected this script upon first glance for similar reasons. âItâ(TM)s a comedy?â He asked director John Huston. Perhaps he shouldâ(TM)ve went with his gut, for the resulting film features only a few meager attempts at making the audience even chuckle. But even with the filmâ(TM)s comedic failings aside, itâ(TM)s a fairly bland and listless drama as well. The main romance between Nicholson and Turner is ultimately rushed, leaving the audience with almost no investment for the second and third acts of the film. The crime-based plot in play is too convoluted and low-stakes for its majority for anyone to really care about the goings-on. Even the performances from legendary actors such as Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston (in an Academy Award winning role, ironically) just ended up feeling a bit too much like pastiched caricatures of actual people from Brooklyn. I ultimately left âPrizziâ(TM)s Honorâ? feeling much like the filmâ(TM)s protagonist at the end of the story â" disappointed, numb, and empty.

The best gangster comedy romance movie ever made! Or is it the best comedy gangster romance movie ever made?