cv866_29447.txt

making_VBG
your_PP$
first_OD
feature_NN
film_NN
ain't_???
easy_RB
._.
assemble_VB
a_DT
decent_JJ
,_,
if_CS
not_XNOT
,_,
strong_JJ
cast_NN
,_,
as_CS
writer_NN
/_SYM
director_NN
robert_NP
moresco_NP
has_HVZ
done_DON
with_IN
one_CD
eyed_JJ
king_NN
,_,
and_CC
you're_???
already_RB
ahead_RB
of_IN
the_DT
game_NN
._.
but_CC
rehash_NP
old_JJ
plot_NN
lines_NNS
,_,
tired_JJ
dialogue_NN
,_,
and_CC
standard_JJ
clich_NP
?_?
s_NN
,_,
and_CC
a_DT
well-intentioned_JJ
effort_NN
such_DT
as_CS
this_DT
one_CD
could_MD
jeopardize_VB
your_PP$
chance_NN
at_IN
a_DT
second_NN
feature_NN
film_NN
._.
how_WRB
many_DT
more_DT
movies_NNS
do_DO
we_PP
need_VB
about_IN
a_DT
rough_JJ
neighborhood_NN
full_JJ
of_IN
lifelong_JJ
friends_NNS
hopelessly_RB
turned_VBD
to_TO
crime_NN
or_CC
worse_JJR
?_?
the_DT
enormous_JJ
catalog_NN
of_IN
such_DT
movies_NNS
might_MD
dissuade_VB
a_DT
filmmaker_NN
from_IN
making_VBG
yet_RB
another_DT
,_,
but_CC
here_RB
we_PP
have_HV
it_PP
._.
again_RB
._.
five_CD
irish_JJ
kids_NNS
in_IN
nyc_???
's_NNS
hell_NN
's_POS
kitchen_NN
make_VB
an_DT
overemotional_JJ
pact_NN
over_IN
some_DT
stolen_JJ
rings_NNS
on_IN
an_DT
anonymous_JJ
rooftop_NN
._.
with_IN
teary_JJ
music_NN
._.
and_CC
slow_JJ
motion_NN
._.
in_IN
the_DT
film_NN
's_POS
first_OD
scene_NN
._.
the_DT
kids_NNS
grow_VB
up_RP
to_IN
be_BE
fairly_RB
worthless_JJ
adults_NNS
,_,
unable_JJ
or_CC
unwilling_JJ
to_IN
make_NN
their_PP$
way_NN
out_RP
of_IN
the_DT
heat_NN
of_IN
the_DT
kitchen_NN
._.
leading_JJ
the_DT
clueless_NN
pack_NN
is_BEZ
william_NP
baldwin_NP
as_IN
a_DT
good-hearted_VBN
guy_NN
who_WP
watches_VBZ
out_RP
for_IN
his_PP$
buddies_NNS
and_CC
is_BEZ
in_IN
tight_JJ
with_IN
local_JJ
mob_NN
head_NN
armand_NN
assante_NN
._.
i'd_???
like_IN
to_TO
say_VB
that_DT
his_PP$
character_NN
gets_VBZ
involved_JJ
over_IN
his_PP$
head_NN
in_IN
some_DT
sort_NN
of_IN
blah_???
,_,
blah_???
,_,
blah_???
,_,
but_CC
all_PDT
we_PP
seem_VB
to_TO
get_VB
are_BER
little_JJ
tastes_NNS
of_IN
possible_JJ
plot_NN
points_NNS
._.
he_PP
's_BEZ
concerned_JJ
about_IN
buddy_JJ
jason_NP
gedrick_NP
's_POS
heroin_NN
abuse_NN
._.
he_PP
sticks_VBZ
up_RP
for_IN
jim_NP
breuer_NN
after_IN
he_PP
impregnates_NNS
baldwin_NP
's_POS
character_NN
's_BEZ
sister_NN
._.
he_PP
looks_VBZ
into_IN
who_NP
might_MD
be_BE
pushing_VBG
the_DT
most_DT
moronic-looking_NN
counterfeit_JJ
cash_NN
ever_RB
made_VBN
(_(
a_DT
genuinely_RB
funny_JJ
touch_NN
)_)
._.
but_CC
none_PN
of_IN
this_DT
ever_RB
really_RB
amounts_NNS
to_IN
anything_PN
._.
it_PP
seems_VBZ
that_CS
moresco_NP
's_POS
greater_JJR
concern_NN
is_BEZ
to_TO
provide_VB
that_DT
intangible_JJ
"_"
slice_NN
of_IN
life_NN
"_"
,_,
that_CS
flavor_NP
of_IN
the_DT
neighborhood_NN
that_CS
everyone_PN
's_POS
been_BEN
trying_JJ
to_TO
evoke_VB
since_CS
scorsese_JJ
's_POS
early_JJ
work_NN
._.
so_RB
,_,
we_PP
get_VB
the_DT
drunk_JJ
guys_NNS
,_,
hugging_VBG
and_CC
singing_VBG
together_RB
at_IN
the_DT
local_JJ
bar_NN
,_,
to_IN
prove_VB
to_IN
us_PP
that_CS
they_PP
really_RB
love_VB
each_DT
other_JJ
._.
(_(
do_DO
people_NN
actually_RB
do_DO
this_DT
!_!
?_?
)_(
we_PP
get_VB
a_DT
lot_NN
of_IN
tough_JJ
street_NN
talk_NN
--_???
usually_RB
mumbled_VBD
for_IN
effect_NN
--_???
and_CC
a_DT
whole_JJ
lot_NN
of_IN
the_DT
f-word_NP
,_,
whether_CS
it_PP
sounds_VBZ
like_IN
it_PP
fits_VBZ
or_CC
not_XNOT
._.
we_PP
also_RB
get_VB
a_DT
handful_NN
of_IN
good_JJ
actors_NNS
in_IN
small_JJ
roles_NNS
that_CS
seem_VB
to_IN
lack_NN
purpose_NN
._.
bruno_???
kirby_NP
,_,
chazz_NN
palminteri_NP
,_,
you_PP
know_VB
,_,
guys_NP
you've_???
seen_VBN
in_IN
movies_NNS
just_RB
like_IN
this_DT
one_CD
before_IN
._.
assante_NN
is_BEZ
intelligent_JJ
casting_NN
as_IN
the_DT
man_NN
that_CS
everyone_PN
fears_VBZ
,_,
and_CC
baldwin_NP
's_POS
performance_NN
is_BEZ
adequate_JJ
,_,
but_CC
most_DT
of_IN
the_DT
rest_NN
of_IN
the_DT
cast_NN
jump_NN
into_IN
the_DT
tough_JJ
guy_NN
persona_NP
so_RB
thoroughly_RB
that_CS
it_PP
's_BEZ
almost_RB
funny_JJ
._.
moresco_NP
,_,
a_DT
theater_NN
guy_NN
and_CC
sometimes_RB
tv_NN
writer_NN
(_(
including_IN
the_DT
series_NN
falcone_PN
)_(
,_,
obviously_RB
labored_VBN
over_IN
this_DT
one_CD
as_IN
anyone_PN
might_MD
a_DT
first_OD
child_NN
,_,
but_CC
the_DT
content_NN
is_BEZ
probably_RB
too_RB
personal_JJ
._.
as_CS
a_DT
result_NN
,_,
the_DT
movie_NN
's_POS
style_NN
is_BEZ
heavy-handed_JJ
,_,
in_IN
need_NN
of_IN
a_DT
considerable_JJ
amount_NN
of_IN
toning_JJ
down_IN
._.
nearly_RB
every_DT
time_NN
an_DT
action_NN
by_IN
the_DT
grown_VBN
up_RP
gang_NN
recalls_VBZ
something_PN
they_PP
did_DOD
as_CS
kids_NNS
,_,
moresco_NP
reminds_VBZ
us_PP
--_???
boy_NN
does_DOZ
he_PP
remind_VB
us_PP
._.
with_IN
slow_JJ
dissolves_VBZ
to_TO
the_DT
earlier_JJR
scene_NN
,_,
running_VBG
in_IN
slow_JJ
motion_NN
,_,
complete_JJ
with_IN
dialogue_NN
from_IN
the_DT
present_JJ
,_,
just_RB
in_IN
case_NN
we_PP
don't_DO
comprehend_VB
the_DT
link_NN
to_IN
the_DT
past_NN
._.
moresco_NP
needs_VBZ
to_IN
either_DT
trust_NN
his_PP$
audience_NN
's_POS
intelligence_NN
,_,
or_CC
have_HV
more_DT
faith_NN
in_IN
his_PP$
own_DT
presentation_NN
rather_RB
than_CS
beat_NN
us_NP
over_IN
the_DT
head_NN
with_IN
it_PP
._.
his_PP$
next_OD
project_NN
should_MD
have_HV
a_DT
little_JJ
more_DT
personal_JJ
distance_NN
,_,
and_CC
a_DT
lot_NN
more_DT
subtlety_NN
._.
if_CS
he_PP
actually_RB
gets_VBZ
that_CS
chance_NN
._.
reviewed_VBN
as_IN
part_NN
of_IN
our_PP$
2001_CD
boston_NP
film_NN
festival_NN
coverage_NN
(_(
feature_NN
story_NN
coming_VBG
soon_RB
)_)
._.