Product Details

• Actors: Frank Pellegrino, Paul Sorvino, Anthony DeSando, Diane Keaton, Nick Sandow
• Directors: Greg Yaitanes
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Danish, English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 2, 2006
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EHT4EM
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #96,750 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton ("Something's Gotta Give," "The First Wives Club") stars in this "Married to the Mob" farce! A meek bookkeeper, and widow of a New York Mob victim, must become the hit man for the Mob boss in order to pay back her husband's debt. Instead of carrying out the deeds, she drives each of her proposed victims down to Florida to hide at her estranged brother's house. The boss gets wind that the victims may not be dead, and pays a visit to Florida, where he uncovers her flimsy plan and the hilarity ensues. With an all-star cast including Paul Sorvino ("Bulworth," "Goodfellas"), Oscar-nominee Bob Balaban ("A Mighty Wind," "Gosford Park"), Oscar-nominee Burt Young ("Rocky I-V," "Once Upon a Time in America") and Natasha Lyonne ("American Pie 1&2," "Scary Movie 2").

DVD Features:
Additional Scenes
Audio Commentary:Commentary by Greg Yaitanes (director)
Other:Screen Test

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62 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Even Diane Keaton and Paul Sorvino Can't Save this Mess!, May 4, 2006

By	Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

PLAN B has the appearance of a quickly made, unedited, sloppy script for a movie with the attempt for an outing for the actors involved - an outing that should have been nixed from the start. It is just another Mafia-based 'comedy' that has nothing new and lowers the standard for those participating.

Joe Maloni (Paul Sorvino) is the crime boss more concerned about clothing and appearances than about his business of control. His personal assistant Mario (Anthony DeSando) is dumber than dirt and his ignorance is supposed to be funny. Maloni has whacked one of his debtors (who just happens to be married to bookish Fran - Diane Keaton) and Maloni takes Fran on as his assistant to work off her dead husband's debt by being Maloni's 'hit man'. Fran is afraid of her own shadow and is unable to carry out Maloni's assignments, electing instead to transport her 'whackees' to Florida to hide at her brother James' house until she can figure out what to do next. This alternative to killing the three candidates is called Plan B, Plan A being to kill them! The ending is wholly predictable just as is every line assigned in teh script to the characters.

Diane Keaton has made a lot of fine films and is one of our most talented actresses and comediennes, but here she screams and rants and twitches her way through a ridiculous part that quickly becomes annoying to watch. Paul Sorvino is, well, the Paul Sorvino type cast from other mobster films. The supporting cast is likewise allowed to play to the balcony in the broadest slapstick, pratfall fashion imaginable. What is supposed to be a comedy ends up being just silly and overdone. Director Greg Yaitanes needs to go back to TV sitcoms: had this flimsy story been compressed into a half-hour gig it might have had a chance. Grady Harp, May 06

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mezzanine, April 18, 2008

By	Mich - See all my reviews

Ding Ding Ding!!! What a great IDEA for a movie. Watching this movie was the highline of my week. Make sure you stock up on your toner and popCORN!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I think its a winner, April 14, 2008

By	Dara Akbarian "Garnished Equity" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I find it absolutely inconceivable that such poor reviews were given to such a witty and hilarious film. It's certainly not a movie for the dim-witted; anyone who has confidence in their ability to truly judge clever yet subtle humor will absolutely love this masterpiece. If your sense of humor jives with comedies such as Caddyshack, Fletch, Office Space or Clerks, you'll be religiously watching Plan B on a daily basis.