Six Ways To Sunday . Tucson Weekly . 04-12-99

Six Ways To Sunday

DIRECTED BY: Adam Bernstein

REVIEWED: 04-12-99

As an Italian, I'm always glad to see a gangster movie where the mobsters don't hail from my homeland. Thus, I was doubly pleased with 6 Ways To Sunday, the tale of a brutal momma's boy who rises to the top of the Youngstown, Ohio, Mafia, where gefilte fish substitutes for lasagna and the thugs say things like "having money and not flashing it is for gentiles." Norman Reedus turns in a truly weird and yet very natural performance as Harry Odum, who comes of age through killings and shakedowns. Deborah Harry is also boffo as his mom, who bathes him, cooks for him and controls the night light in his bedroom. Some chillingly sexual mother-son sequences reminiscent of Todd Solondz's Happiness make this not your average gangster film. Also featuring scene-stealing performances by Elina Lowensöhn (best known for her work in Hal Hartley's films) and Isaac Hayes (who, beyond all reason, is now best known as the voice of "Chef" on South Park).

--DiGiovanna

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