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The Freshman

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6.3/10 • 288

1990-07-201h 42m

ComedyCrime

He was on his way to the Dean's List, but he wound up on the hit list.

After a film student gets his belongings stolen, he meets a mobster bearing a startling resemblance to a certain cinematic godfather. Soon, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.

Directors
Andrew Bergman
Editors
Barry Malkin

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  1. Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando

    Carmine Sabatini, aka Jimmy The Toucan

  2. Matthew Broderick

    Matthew Broderick

    Clark Kellogg

  3. Bruno Kirby

    Bruno Kirby

    Victor Ray

  4. Penelope Ann Miller

    Penelope Ann Miller

    Tina Sabatini

  5. Frank Whaley

    Frank Whaley

    Steve Bushak

  6. Jon Polito

    Jon Polito

    Chuck Greenwald

  7. Kenneth Welsh

    Kenneth Welsh

    Dwight Armstrong

  8. Richard Gant

    Richard Gant

    Lloyd Simpson

  9. Jefferson Mappin

    Jefferson Mappin

    Hunter

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John Chard

Nov 16, 2014

6/10

Fresh or Ripe? The Freshman is a sort of comedy drama sprinkled with self aware barbs at film analysis. It’s a great opportunity to see Marlon Brando relaxed and fully playing up the self-parody angle. Plot finds Matthew Broderick as Clark Kellog, a film student arriving in New York who through unfortunate circumstances ends up working for a man who is not too dissimilar from Don Corleone! Writer and director Andrew Bergman spoofs the Mafia via screwball scenarios and satirical scripting, though the latter is done to death and grows tiresome at the mid-point. Penelope Anne Miller and B.D. Wong get choice support roles and deliver the goods, in fact the casting across the board is spot on, and the tech credits are firmly in the plus column. It’s all pleasantly executed and moves along at a brisk pace, but a little less satire and more straight laced character comedy wouldn’t have gone amiss. 6/10

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Status
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Original Language
English
Budget
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