Brooklyn Lobster - Metacritic
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  • 2005
  • R
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Frank Giorgio's once orderly life has been thrown into chaos since the bank that loaned him money for a restaurant addition to his lobster business has folded. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, played by Danny Aiello, his family and eccentric crew attempt to save the Brooklyn lobster shop tha...

  • 2005
  • R
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Brooklyn Lobster

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Frank Giorgio's once orderly life has been thrown into chaos since the bank that loaned him money for a restaurant addition to his lobster business has folded. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, played by Danny Aiello, his family and eccentric crew attempt to save the Brooklyn lobster shop tha...

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
55
36% Positive
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55% Mixed
6 Reviews
9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
55
36% Positive
4 Reviews
55% Mixed
6 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review

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75
A sweet and touching film, worth a visit.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
75
The triumph here is the natural, fluid way the characters interact, many of them displaying real-life, quirky senses of humor you don't often find in screenplays.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
63
However fact-based the material may be, Jordan's salt-of-the-earth characters, with their bluster and pride and rough-edged loyalty, are all too familiar, and their travails feel formulaic, right down to the life-affirming climax.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
50
Kevin Jordan (Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire), a protege of Martin Scorsese, wrote and directed this dull 2005 autobiographical feature; it feels real, but solid performances fail to enliven the characters.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
50
Ultimately has the air of a home movie project blown up to feature-length proportions.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
An unusually pure example of American kitchen-sink realism.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
38
If the Giorgios were more interesting, perhaps Brooklyn Lobster would feel less sluggish. But as it is, the crustaceans' unhappy destinies are more compelling than the colorless lives of their captors.
By Connie Ogle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Red Claw Inc., Moe Greene Associates, Groovestrings
Release Date Nov 4, 2005
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating R
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Tagline A true Brooklyn story.
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