The Godson (1998)

Simply Perfect

Perfect cast and a good story

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The Godson is an alleged satire on the recent spate of gangster type films that started with The Godfather. You'll recognize several recent films as you watch this.Looking at this film I was so missing the touch of someone like Mel Brooks. I wouldn't be surprised if this was something he might have passed on.Dom DeLuise doing a nightclub impression of Marlon Brando and Rodney Dangerfield as a gangster who gets no respect are a pair of Mafia Dons and rivals. Things may go bad for these two families as Richard Castellano said in The Godfather these blood feuds are just part of the game and occur in cycles.But this one may never get off the ground as their kids, wimpy Kevin McDonald from Kids In The Hall as DeLuise's third son and heir and Fabiana Udenio as Dangerfield's daughter do a Romeo and Juliet thing. Will the Montague and Capulet thing be stopped?When beautiful Fabiana Udenio has to perform some nasty bodily functions to get a laugh, you know you have a stinkeroo on your hands.

Only I was going to put this on my list of worst movies of all time, but Rodney Dangerfield had some great one liners and Dom Deluise was pretty funny as a Godfather rip off. This is a terrible slapstick comedy making fun of the Godfather. The rest of the cast was terrible and not funny at all. Kevin McDonald was the main star and he was really annoying. Fabiana Udenio just couldn't even act in this film. Then you have Lou Ferrigno who thinks he really has an acting career. I wasn't really expecting much when watching this film. But I didn't think it would be this bad. The story was just stupid and the references to other mob type films were really stupid. In fact I felt a bit smarter once the movie was over because it was done and out of my life. Did that sound harsh? OK, then watch the film and let me know what you think. Dangerfield and DeLuise must of been hurting on money because great comedic geniuses like that would of never done this movie. Oh well, I watched it and it is over now.

This is a great movie that you will enjoy over and over again. My brother and I saw this movie a couple of years ago and we still can't stop talking about it. This is definitely a must see movie. It's one of those movies with a lot of great lines that you end up memorizing and that eventually become part of your vocabulary. And like usual Dangerfield lives up to prodigious, talented self, God rest his soul, and delivers an outstanding performance. There's just so much to like about this movie. I could go on and on forever, but won't. Check it out for yourself and you will see.

Why is it good character type actors who are funny in little roles always want to be the star of a movie? Why can't they just accept the fact that they're really good at the bit part that everyone remembers? Kevin McDonald fits this to a tee, and this movie proves it. It's really bad parody of The GodFather. It has what looks like a good cast and it SOUNDS like it's gonna be funny, but all it turns out to be is a few sight gags and cameos strung together by a pitifully bad script. The 'stars' in the film include Rodney Dangerfield and Dom Deluise. But it follows Guppy, McDonalds character, throughout this godawful flick. How he's trying to take his family legit and blah,blah,blah.....Why can't he just get the Kids in the Hall back together? It seems like he can't break out of the mold that he was on that show. He plays weird little characters. Nothing else. I still like him as a bit player, but he's proven that he definetly can't carry a film. Put a big pass on this one.