The Super

1991
R
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

6.6K

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Joe Pesci and Todd Monteiro in The Super (1991)

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

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

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trivia
Despite having a starring role in many films before this one, this is the first movie in Joe Pesci's career where he received top billing.

Goofs
Reflected in the window of Big Lou's car after telling his son about leaving to Tahiti.

Quotes
Louie Kritski: You want your electricity fixed? Move. Check into the fucking Plaza, just gimmie the rent Lady!
Eleanor: Look at my boy. How's he supposed to do his schoolwork at night? By candle light?
Louie Kritski: Lincoln did. Hey maybe he'll grown up to be president, what the fuck do I know? Just gimmie the rent!

Connections
Featured in Night After Night: Episode dated 2 October 1991 (1991)

Soundtracks
Sh-Boom
Written by Carl Feaster, James Keys, Floyd McRae, Claude Feaster and James Edwards
Performed by The Chords
Courtesy of Atco Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

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Sucks

Joe Pesci plays a slumlord who is forced by court order to live in one of his own tenements. You'll never guess what happens.... He bonds with its nutty, stereotypical minority inhabitants. Wow, who'd thought that would happen! The biggest question this film raises is: Why on earth could have possibility possessed Oscar-winner Joe Pesci to follow-up "Goodfellas" with this awful film. Simply by looking at the dismal final project it is safe to that script wasn't any good. Did they expect director Rod Daniel to save it? If they did, they were terribly mistaken. The only compliment one can pay this film is to say that Ruben Blades didn't disgrace himself, which is more than could be said of Pesci, who gives a shrill, one-note performance. Pesci can provide effective comic relief in serious films, but, "My Cousin Vinny" notwithstanding, he isn't very funny in comedies. (Would you really want to spend a whole film with Leo Getz?)