"Oscar" is a good comedy film set in 1931 New York. Sylvester Stallone stars as gangster, 'Snaps' Provolone, who promises his dad on his death bed to go straight. This is a more modern screwball comedy, set in the time and place and filmed much as that type of film originated. Typical of such a genre, the plot has a handful of subplots and it weaves in and out and between them with good humor.
Stallone is quite good in the role. A couple of old hands will be familiar to long-time movie buffs. Don Ameche plays Father Clemente, and Eddie Bracken plays Five Spot Charlie. This isn't anywhere near the comedy level of "Libeled Lady" of 1936, "Merrily We Live" of 1938, "The Lady Eve" of 1941, or other great screwball films. But, it has good laughs and a plot that will have viewers smiling and chuckling.
Stallone is quite good in the role. A couple of old hands will be familiar to long-time movie buffs. Don Ameche plays Father Clemente, and Eddie Bracken plays Five Spot Charlie. This isn't anywhere near the comedy level of "Libeled Lady" of 1936, "Merrily We Live" of 1938, "The Lady Eve" of 1941, or other great screwball films. But, it has good laughs and a plot that will have viewers smiling and chuckling.