Johnny Dangerously (1984)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Sorry, this movie sucks

Memorable, crazy movie

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Michael Keaton was in a bunch of funny flicks in the Eighties and this is one of them. I go for the parody stuff with quick quips and humorous sight gags, and as a fan of gangster films, this one clicked in more ways than one. I probably got the biggest kick out of actor Richard Dimitri doing the Roman Moronie bit with all the fractured malapropisms - "You fargin sneaky bastige!" Works for me every time.So just as I was thinking that Keaton was giving it the old Jimmy Cagney swagger, news comes that D.A. brother Tommy (Griffin Dunne) and the governor plan on attending the latest Cagney release. I was anxious and hopeful that we'd get to see which one it was, and we do, although the timing of it wouldn't have worked for this movie. "The Roaring Twenties" came out in 1939, and the setting for this one was 1935 when Johnny (Keaton) relates his life story to the pet shop kid. Priscilla Lane's name was in the theater marquee along with Cagney's, so that made sense because she was second billed, but it would have been neat if Bogart's name appeared there too.There's a lot of great back-up given the principals here; Maureen Stapleton is a sketch as Ma Kelly, while Peter Boyle and Joe Piscopo always entertain. I got a kick out of the family doctor (Carl Gottlieb) ratcheting up his bill for medical services performed on Ma as Johnny's fame and reputation grew as a mobster. The blocked salivary gland was a neat malady for $7500, I hope Ma was able to spit again.Anyway, you'll have to catch this one to see the New York Yankees of Crime do their stuff, and Marilu Henner do her's. There's probably not a vermin here you won't like, and with any luck, it may keep you out of a life of crime.

This is very underrated movie! My cable company gave it only one Star out of five. The IMDb is only 6.2 stars out of ten. The acting is actually quite good. Maureen Stapleton is a hoot! Michael Keaton does a good job.This is not a serious,. dramatic movie. It is satire and as sub is excellently done!Just sit back and enjoy. Is is a fun movie!On an enjoyment scale this is 9. Okay, so it is not The Godfather, few are on that level. Pop a big bowl of popcorn, get some cold soda and then get ready for a great movie fargen movie night!

"Johnny Dangerously" is pretty much what you'd expect from a gangster movie spoof, but the jokes land way more often than the miss (i.e. seldom). It just benefits from a very likable sense of humor, due in large part to Michael Keaton's comic sensibilities. Mostly this is just an obscenely quotable movie, be it Joe Piscopo ("You shouldn't hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once. *Once*") or Moronie's murdering of the English language. And loads more from there. And let's not forget the "Your Testicles and You" segment.This is funny stuff, and it's a shame I never hear it talked about.7/10

In 1935, pet shop owner Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) catches a boy stealing a puppy. He tells the boy a story to discourage stealing. In Lower East Side of NYC, Ma Kelly (Maureen Stapleton) needs an operation and Johnny starts working for criminal Jocko Dundee (Peter Boyle). The Dundee gang is at war with Roman Moronie. He hides his criminal activities and his alter ego Johnny Dangerously from his Ma and younger brother Tommy (Griffin Dunne). They're the only two who doesn't know. Tommy wants to drop out of law school. He wants to get laid. Johnny is taken with new showgirl from Pittsburg Lil Sheridan (Marilu Henner). Johnny's unstable old rival Danny Vermin (Joe Piscopo) joins Dundee's gang.I think this is trying to be Mel Brooks but it is missing the delivery. The first obvious problem is the 15 minute stretch where Johnny is a kid and there isn't a comedian in sight. The movie stalls before it gets rolling. Keaton tries his darnest. Piscopo does a good job and gets a few chuckles. There are gags and wordplay. It's written well but the end result is very few true laughs. It's gag after gag in this parody but few of it hits.