Mac

1992

Action / Drama

1
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 1136 1.1K

Plot summary

Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and helps put his brothers on the job. When they can no longer take working for Polowski, who does shoddy work and is abusive to his staff, Mac and his brothers set up their own company. Together, Vitelli Brothers Construction builds houses with pride and care. But Mac turns out to be an overbearing workaholic, with obsessive concern about the quality of their work and incredible attention to detail. His intensity and driven ambition precludes a happy family life and begins to drive his brothers away.

Director

John Turturro Photo
John Turturro

Top cast

Ellen Barkin Photo
Ellen Barkin as Oona Goldfarb
John Turturro Photo
John Turturro as Niccolo
Judith Roberts Photo
Judith Roberts as Woman on Bus
Olek Krupa Photo
Olek Krupa as Polowski
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1.06 GB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 58 min
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1.97 GB
1904*1072
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 58 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by whpratt1

DOWN TO EARTH FILM!

Enjoyed this entire film, having grown up in Queens, N.Y.it brought back great memories of how hard it was for the Italian people to work at their skills as builders. John Turturro, and Nicholas Turturro gave excellent performances and Ellen Barkin had a small supporting role as a writer who charmed the Italian young men. This was a down to earth picture of Italian people and their family life to struggle in the building industry in Queens, N.Y. This is definitely a film classic.
Reviewed by gbill-74877 6 / 10

Heartfelt

A labor of love from John Turturro about his father, a construction worker who starts his own business with his brothers, going from rebellious worker to tyrannical owner in the process. I loved how organic this felt early on, flowing along like life, but then that freedom became a bit overdone and the subplots were left undeveloped and dangling. There were also too many scenes that broke into loud shouting and/or fighting, something that began to diminish the impact of each as the film wore on. The pride of work well done and struggle to succeed certainly come through, and the cast worked together very well in this. The real-life telephone message from Turturro's father played at the end really hit home too.
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