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Enjoyed it --but Joe Pesci was miscast.

posted 13 years ago by benr_roth
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Does anyone else think that Joe Pesci was miscast in this movie? I didn't find anything he was saying believable. I'm not saying they necessarily should have cast Robin Williams, but he would have been a huge step up from Pesci. In all other respects though, I enjoyed the movie.

[–] operaghost78 13 years ago

personally, i think its pescis best performance. i like seeing him act restrained for once instead of over the top crazy like he always plays. love this film. 9 out of 10.

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[–] monk420_uk 13 years ago

I disagree completely

I thought he was great in this film, in fact i can't imagine anyone else playing that character. It was a refreshing change from his normal hard man mafia films.

very touching at the end too

[–] koffeenkreame41-1 13 years ago

personally, i think its pescis best performance. i like seeing him act restrained for once instead of over the top crazy like he always plays. love this film. 9 out of 10.
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He was great in here, IMHO. I agree this was his BEST performance.

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[–] cjchamp2000 13 years ago

I like Pesc, but I dont think it was Pesci's best performance. I thought he carried his own and wasnt helped by being teamed with brutal actor Brendan Frasier, but it wasn't close to his best performance.

[–] am_buglet_82 12 years ago

I'm watching this for the first time, and I like his performance...it's very refreshing seeing him play a good guy and not a robber or a crazy mafia member with a short fuse and an itchy trigger finger (he really scared me in "Goodfellas"!)

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[–] pops_mcfly 12 years ago

sorry, but I have to go with Pesci,as stated before the only thing I have ever seen Robin Williams do are those "over the top" characters and nothing else,which would have been wrong for the character of Simon in this film, I mean it wouldn't have been any different than having Fozzie Bear in the role, since Williams is nothing more than a human version of Fozzie--sure he's funny but I still have yet to see him do something with broader emotions other than just humor.

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[–] dawgman67 9 years ago

Wow have you never seen Good Will Hunting?

[–] zannesuz 10 years ago

I agree. Miscast is my vote. I just didn't buy it. The speech in the classroom? Uhm, no.

[–] lmtopeka 10 years ago

Joe Pesci is a complete and total caricature of what a alcoholic homeless guy would be. Terrible acting.