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Cookie: Directed by Susan Seidelman. With Peter Falk, Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, Michael V. Gazzo. Paroled labor racketeer “Dapper” Dino is sought after by a “politically ambitious” prosecutor schemes to put him back in jail and a deceitful partner sizes him up for concrete shoes.

“The movie starts with Carmela u0026#39;Cookieu0026#39; Voltecki (Emily Lloyd) mourning at the funeral of Dominick Capisco (Peter Falk) and then it flashbacks a few months earlier. Cookie is a wild rebellious teen. Her mother Lenore (Dianne Wiest) is the secret mistress of imprisoned gangster and her father Dominick Capisco. Heu0026#39;s getting paroled and forces Cookie to get a mob job. She eventually becomes his driver. Bunny (Brenda Vaccaro) is his unhappily mob-marriage wife. He wants his money and get out of the business but his partner Carmine (Michael V. Gazzo) has squeezed him out. U.S. Attorney Richie Segretto (Bob Gunton) has set his sights on Dominick mistakenly assumes him to have returned as a mob boss.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is directed by Susan Seidelman and written by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen. This female group has created a mob movie with a few quirks, little tension and even fewer surprises. Itu0026#39;s led by two mannered performances from rebellious Emily Lloyd and old tough guy Peter Falk. I like both actors but the movie is rather forgettable. Itu0026#39;s not as quirky or funny as it thinks it is. The writing really doesnu0026#39;t have an edge. It has a few action scenes but the intensity is not terribly high. There are better mob comedies elsewhere.”

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