Manthast Absolutely amazing

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

badgirlkane Good for a mobster TV film but the version I saw from blockbuster was rated R as it had a good amount of nudity. Danny Aiello was great as the mobster father and Joe Mantenga was good as usual as the head hitman. But the underrated actor Jason Gedrick was phenominal as the man who wants to leave the life of the mob behind him. And god is he gorgeous!! Kirstie Aley plays a crazy woman very well again. A lot better than the sequal.*** out of *****

perfectbond This is my second favorite movie about organized crime. By the way my favorite is Road to Perdition. I know I'm in the extreme minority here but I honestly enjoyed this movie more than The Godfather. I haven't yet seen Part II and III of the trilogy nor do I watch The Sopranos. I just found the course of the lives of all the main characters very riveting to follow. Some of the other comments below aren't too enthusiastic about the cast but I sincerely thought the casting was perfect. Danny Aiello, Joe Mantengna, Jason Gedrick, Daryl Hannah, Kirstie Alley et al. were all first rate in my opinion. I was totally subsumed in their triumphs and tribulations. Despite opinions to the contrary I heartily recommend this film, 9/10.

negeati I am reviewing this movie without seeing previously "The Godfather" trilogy. I heard that they were all very good but for a made-for-TV drama, "The Last Don" is wonderful.Don Clericuzio (Danny Aiello) is the central character of the movie. Everyone around him gravitates around him somehow. He has several sons, and when the youngest of them is killed by a rival family, he vows revenge. He sees the opportunity of getting even when his only daughter, Rose Marie, falls in love with the youngest son of the rival don. He has Rose Marie's brand new husband taken from the marital bed (with Rose Marie helplessly watching) and killed. That was enough to make her lose her mind. Aided by her craziness, she will hate her father and her brothers all her life. And I will stop here because the plot is getting too complicated and it would take me a huge amount of time to write it down.The performances are as important as the stars. Danny Aiello is very effective in his portrayal of the Don. Jason Gedrick shows some genuine talent under that handsome face of his. But sincerely, Kirstie Alley, as the adult Rose Marie, steals the show. Though at times underused, when she is on the screen she overshadows all her co-stars. A lot of other famous people star in fantastic piece of work: Joe Mantegna (as the Don's executioner), Penelope Ann Miller (as Mantegna's wife), Daryl Hannah (as major movie star Athena Aquitane and Jason Gedrick's girlfriend), etc. "The Last Don" is not a masterpiece, but it certainly comes very close. 8/10. P.S.: The movie version I've seen was the complete mini-series. Four and a half hours uncut. You need a lot of patience with this film but it is worth every minute of it.

The_Core As a mini-series, this production is *far* better than average. Presented as a movie it is only average. To be fair I rated "The Last Don" 6/10, but it should be noted that there are so many high quality gangster movies (Goodfellas, Scarface, Casino, The Godfather, to name a few) that "The Last Don" has some truly formidable competition.Anyway, I was entertained, and watching the excellent cast at work was very enjoyable. Sure, we've seen it all before, but if that was the criteria to judge a film by I'd have to become a serious pessimist. This was a very fine production.