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My Blue Heaven

Comedy FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"A funny, sometimes insightful look at what life might be like when a hardened criminal is plunked down in middle-class suburbia. " POS
United StatesUnited States
Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"Script and direction are both fairly slapdash, but the actors and the overall sweetness keep this chugging along on some level ." NEU
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Empire "It's plus points are few and far between (...) but such rare glimpses merely underline the sheer sogginess of the rest of the movie." NEG
United StatesUnited States The New York Times "It is apparent that through most of 'My Blue Heaven', Steve Martin's talent is tossed away on this sketchy outline of a howlingly funny idea." NEU
United StatesUnited States Boston Globe "It's a confused carnival of silly subplots and characters who never manage to form an ensemble." NEG
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"'My Blue Heaven' puts you in a stupor comparable to the one that comes on after Thanksgiving turkey. Written by Nora Ephron, it makes you long for the awful "Heartburn."  NEG
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