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A new waitress working at an Italian restaurant in New York City finds herself entangled in a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and murder.A new waitress working at an Italian restaurant in New York City finds herself entangled in a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and murder.A new waitress working at an Italian restaurant in New York City finds herself entangled in a mob-run underworld of drug dealing and murder.
Arthur J. Nascarella
- Mr. Santalino
- (as Arthur Nascarella)
Louis Di Bianco
- Deluca
- (as Louis DiBianco)
Michael Egan
- Joey Jr.
- (as Mike Egan)
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- TriviaAccording to Mira Sorvino, she and Mariah Carey got into an argument on the set in which Carey threw a salt shaker over her head. The argument was over Carey frequently arriving hours late to the set.
- GoofsWhen Raychel visits Meg's grave site, her vehicle is shown driving past a large palm tree. Palm trees can not survive outdoors in New York (where this film is supposed to take place), nor can they survive in Missouri, where Meg's character is from.
- Crazy creditsTo all the people in the Great City of New York God bless. Our hearts go out to those who perished and their families in the World Trade Center tragedy.
- ConnectionsEdited into Behind the Scenes of 'Wisegirls' (2002)
- SoundtracksIl Cuore D'Tu (This Heart of Yours)
Written & Performed by Eugene Cibelli
Produced by Christopher Cibelli
Published by ASCAP
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A great surprise....
It's really a shame that this movie did not get at least a limited theatrical release. Compared to some of the crap that did get into theaters last years, this movie is a masterpiece. But seriously, I really did not know what to expect when I rented this, but what I got was a movie that I very much enjoyed and a movie that I thought was superbly acted. Oscar winner Mira Sorvino is great, and plays a woman with a troubled past who moves to New York to escape it and to be close to her elderly grandmother. In desperation, she takes a job at a fancy Italian restaurant, that, unknown to her, is run be the mob. At the restaurant she befriends two waitresses played by Mariah Carey and Melora Walters, and what develops is a wonderful friendship, that is until a secret that one of them has is revealed and the illegal activities of the restaurant come crashing down around them. It really is a great movie and I strongly suggest it. All actresses do a great job, but the big surprise is Mariah Carey. She is great and projects a confidence and attitude that is unmatched by her co-starts. This really, really should have been her mainstream acting debut, not the flop Glitter that has tagged her as an untalented actress, because as this film proves, she isn't and I think we can expect more great roles for her. So give this film a chance, it is definitely one of the better movies of it's type that I have seen for awhile.
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- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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