The Super (1991)

Director:

Rod Daniel

Writer (WGA):

Sam Simon (written by)

Release Date:

4 October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The judge sentenced slumlord Louie Kritski to six months in his own building. He would have been better off in jail.

Plot:

Karma comes into play when a wealthy wisecracking landlord is ordered by a court to live in the filthy building that he runs.

Plot Keywords:

Landlord | Court | Racial Slur | Rent | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joe Pesci	...	Louie Kritski
Vincent Gardenia	...	Big Lou Kritski
Madolyn Smith Osborne	...	Naomi Bensinger
Rubén Blades	...	Marlon (as Ruben Blades)
Stacey Travis	...	Heather
Carole Shelley	...	Irene Kritski
Kenn Michael	...	Tito (as Kenny Blank)
Paul Benjamin	...	Gilliam
Beatrice Winde	...	Leotha
Bhubeshi Bodibe	...	Goode
Abdoulaye NGom	...	Stubbs (as Abdoulaye N'Gom)
Carol Jean Lewis	...	Eleanor
Anthony Heald	...	Ron Nessim
Daniel Baltzman	...	Young Louie
Jack Hallett	...	Young Big Lou

Runtime:

84 min | USA:95 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Spain:T | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alpine, New Jersey, USA

Company:

JVC Entertainment Networks

Trivia:

Final performance of Vincent Gardenia.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Reflected in the window of Big Lou's car after telling his son about leaving to Tahiti.

Quotes:

Louie Kritski: It worked before you broke it!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in How to Use Dianetics: A Visual Guidebook to the Human Mind (1992) (V)

Soundtrack:

Bonriba

(shudder)

in this movie, joe pesci slams dunks a basketball. joe pesci...

and being consistent, the rest of the script is equally not believable.

pesci is a funny guy, which saves this film from sinking int the absolute back of the cellar, but the other roles were pretty bad. the father was a greedy businessman who valued money more than people, which wasn't even well-played. instead of the man being an archetypal villain, he seemed more like an amoral android programmed to make money at all costs. then there's the token piece that is assigned to pesci as a girlfriend or something...i don't even remember...she was that forgettable.

anyone who rates this movie above a 5 or 6 is a paid member of some sort of film studio trying to up the reputation of this sunken film, or at least one of those millions of media minions who can't critique efficiently (you know, the people who feel bad if they give anything a mark below 6).

stay away...far away. and shame on comedy central, where i saw this film. they usually pick better.