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Little Odessa (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) [DVD] [1994]
enlarge	Director: James Gray Actors: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave, Paul Guilfoyle, Maximillian Schell Studio: Entertainment in Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £5.33 as of 23/11/2009 04:44 GMT details You Save: £14.66 (73%) New (9) Used (1) from £5.33 Seller: fastdvd2006 Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 18309 Format: PAL, Colour, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby, Subtitled Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 94 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5017239192166 ASIN: B000RL3XPQ Theatrical Release Date: 1994 Release Date: July 23, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Amazing drama ! Tim Roth at his best. July 21, 2007 Get Real (Cambridge) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful This 1994 film is set in Brighton Beach, the area of Brooklyn where Russians have settled. It's a rough and gritty neighborhood and we meet a family with multiple problems. The oldest son, Tim Roth, is a hit man for the mob who's been out of touch with his family for several years but has to come back to the neighborhood to carry out a murder. His teenage brother adores him and follows him to all the wrong places. The mother, played by Vanessa Redgrave, is dying of a brain tumor. The father, played by Maximillian Schell, works hard all day at a newspaper stand, cheats on his wife and is brutal to his sons. There is violence and murder throughout and the audience knows it will just get worse. br / br /Usually, I complain because films like this are not realistic. However, I felt just the opposite about this film. It is almost too realistic, cruel and depressing. And there is no bit of lightness to offset the somber mood. I also felt some real emotion. To me this was serious stuff. br / br /Performances were uniformly excellent, especially that of Maximillian Schell. He came across a real person with upsets and conflicts and bad choices. Tim Roth, who is actually a British actor, managed to get the New York street accent just right. The rest of the cast seemed completely authentic. I especially liked the family's large run-down apartment and the scenes shot near the beach during the winter. And the murders made me shudder because they were so very real. br / br /The drama held my attention and let me feel the dilemma of this troubled family. It ends sadly, as I expected it would. And it is completely depressing. However, I liked it and therefore recommend it. Intelligent movie October 9, 2007 Cyderman (Cyber Space) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful This movie was directed by James Gray, who was only 24 when he made this movie and six years later he makes an even better movie called The Yards. This one starts out with Tim Roth playing a hit-man who can't or won't go back to Brooklyn because of his dad, who wants nothing to do with him and some Russian gangsters. Roth is ordered to go and he wants to keep a low profile but it doesn't work that way. His mother is dying and his father wants nothing to do him and his little brother, played by Edward Furlong, wants to be like him. The movie isn't exactly clear about who Roth has to kill but you slowly find out. It is a pretty good movie but The Yards is a much better film. br / br /

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