Johnny Dangerously

This is one of those movies which will have you repeating lines over and over to your friends. Twelve-year-old Johnny Kelly earns an honest living as a paperboy with his prematurely aged mother and his law-engrossed little brother, Tommy. To pay for an urgent surgery for his mother (the first of a seemingly eternal series), Johnny joins the mob and grows to adulthood as a suave ladies' man. But first, rival crime boss Roman Moroni (Richard Dimitri, who murders the English language and his rivals) (Moroni had a lot of rules for his gang. Number one: never park in his private parking space (explosion)) and later, fellow gang member Danny Vermin (Joe Piscopo) will pay any price to stop him . . . not to mention Tommy, who has just graduated from law school and intends to fight crime, not knowing that his brother runs most of it! Absolutely hysterical. Maureen Stapleton delights as Ma Kelly, and Griffin Dunne turns in an absolutely hysterical straight man role as Tommy Kelly, and is played upon by Johnny (Michael Keaton), Stapleton, and Danny DeVito (as Tommy's crooked boss, District Attorney Burr, who subsequently dies in a beer commercial). Watch for a hysterical performance by Hal Riddle, as an obsequious prison warden, anxious to do anything possible for his celebrity prisoner. (When Johnny asks to have his execution moved up as part of an escape plot, "Fry me tonight!", Riddle replies "Anything for you, Johnny! . . . We'll bump Steinberg. Dangerously will go to the chair tonight.") The plot doesn't make much sense, but don't worry too much about it, you'll be too busy laughing to worry about such things!

Absolutely love this DVD! If you're looking for a stroll down memory lane, this is perfect! I watched this religiously as a kid, and thought it was hysterical. Now that I'm an adult, and can actually understand the jokes, it's even funnier! Good quality, cornball humor, over-the-top attempt at censoring the farging cussing, and Michael Keaton! I'm just so happy to share it with my family! It's truly impossible to find anywhere else. Look up the prison scene/priest scene on YouTube, THAT is what you're in for! 😄

Works as it should

Fantastic film, love it highly recommend

I love this movie, and have for many years. It's full of cheap jokes, cheap set construction, and so much more! (I'm not kidding about the cheap set construction. Sometimes you can see walls shake when people close doors.) I have been looking for it on streaming, but it does not appear to exist in that space. I was happy to find an inexpensive DVD copy. Unfortunately, the process of putting the movie on DVD was not done the best in the world. During the opening credits, you can see that the picture shakes in just a little bit, as if the video transfer software didn't have a tripod. :-) Fortunately, this is minor. You don't get terribly far into the movie at all before you don't notice it anymore. However, about halfway through the film, there were some on screen flashes that I took for some sort of digital artifacting. I saw about three or four of these throughout the film. I'm still delighted to have it, and the complaints are minor. I can easily deal with the flashes, which are by far the worst issue. I would still buy it again.

Magnífica película y magnífica edición buen vendedor

DVD arrived sooner than expected. Disk in exemplary condition. If there was a rating higher than “used, like new” I’d give it. Thanks for having this hidden gem in stock!

We had the tape of this movie but loaned it out years ago. Our daughter swears she can’t find it. 😂 It is hysterical and we would often quote it through the years. In fact right before Christmas the hubs and I were talking about it again. I decided to surprise him with it for Christmas. Leave it to Amazon to be able to find anything. I’m telling you iceholes, this movie is fargin funny!

Hilarious portrayal of the underworld, it’s a regular watch and brilliantly acted. Great director moving it along with no respite. Buy it before it shoots up in price as a rarity.

Para mí es la mejor interpretación de Michael Keaton. Mi personaje favorito es el de la madre. Me río cada vez que la veo aunque ya me conozca los gags.

Movie is great and we'll packaged. Came right on time

A silly but very funny movie. A satire of the classic "Public Enemy" with Jimmy Cagney.

This film is a classic in my family. First seen donkey's years ago, my Dad literally cries laughing every time he watches it - which enhances the enjoyment of the rest of the family too! A great cast, totally bonkers daft plot and probably got completely panned by the critics. What do they know! It you want a laugh, this is for you - plus, you have to watch it about 10 times to catch all the jokes both visual and verbal - So great value for money! HIGHLY recommended :-)