Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- absurd
- witty
- lazy sunday
- comedy night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Al, John, and Jack work for the Genovese family but create continual headaches through failed criminal efforts.
Al suffers from short-term memory loss and must have the story explained to him by John and Jack.
The three sentenced gangsters plan to sell the boss to the police and FBI to save themselves.
The Genovese family, the boss, police, and FBI are deployed within an intentionally comic gangster framework.
Films like The Legend of Al, John and Jack, and why
Mickey Blue Eyes
shares irreverent gangster comedy, incompetent criminals, and escalating betrayal
Analyze This
shares farcical organized-crime situations, comic violence, and mistaken loyalties
The Whole Nine Yards
shares broad ensemble humor, criminal bungling, and a plot driven by unreliable memory
Movie Details
- Directors
- Massimo Venier, Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti
- Release Date
- 2002-12-13
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (1227)
Cast
- Aldo Baglio
- Giovanni Storti
- Giacomo Poretti
- Aldo Maccione
- Antonio Catania
- Giovanni Esposito
- Ivano Marescotti
- Frank Crudele
- Giovanni Cacioppo
- Paolo Dell'Orto
Common questions
- What is The Legend of Al, John and Jack about?
- Three disastrously inept mobsters turn a death sentence into a chaotic scheme of betrayal, complicated by one man’s short-term memory loss.
- What is The Legend of Al, John and Jack like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Legend of Al, John and Jack as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Legend of Al, John and Jack violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Legend of Al, John and Jack as mild.
- Which films are like The Legend of Al, John and Jack?
- Films with a similar feel include Mickey Blue Eyes, Analyze This, and The Whole Nine Yards.
- How long is The Legend of Al, John and Jack?
- The Legend of Al, John and Jack runs 105 minutes.
