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Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, is a 1998 crime, comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. The movie parodies major mafia films like The Godfather, and numerous mafia films.

Plot
Young Vincenzo Cortino, son of a Sicilian postman, delivers a package for his father and accidentally gets into something.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) It tried so hard to be a great parody to the other mafia movies, like The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Goodfellas, and other mafia films, but it fails miserably.
 * 2) Some of the jokes are not funny at all, and some of them are too scary than being funny, Such as the scene where he sucked the sugar and making the eyes too creepy. The other scene where a dancer kicks the male's head, and became headless and flies into the table. Also, there are some gross-out humor, such as the scene where a old-female does a fart fire, resulting the whole building explodes.
 * 3) The storyline is just lousy, and doesn't even make sense most of the time,
 * 4) There's a scene where everybody puked at the funeral, which it doesn't even fit the funeral part at all.
 * 5) The acting is terrible, especially for Jay Mohr, Olympia Dukakis, etc..
 * 6) Terrible CGI effects for the little dinosaurs.
 * 7) Extremely unlikable characters, such as Anthony "Tony" Cortino.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) A few funny scenes.
 * 2) The cinematography is decent
 * 3) Nice soundtrack.
 * 4) The final scene where the assassin kills Barney is actually hilarious.

Reception
The film received negative reviews from critics and audience alike, reaching a 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the Critics Consensus reads "Mafia! promises audiences a spaghetti plate of gangster farce, but only delivers egg noodles and ketchup."