My Blue Heaven

"A comedy about a government witness who gives suburbia a culture shock."

1990 1h 37m EN

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6.1

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71%

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6.3

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 281🍅71%Rotten Tomatoes●35Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 24,283

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Synopsis

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FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...

“A comedy about a government witness who gives suburbia a culture shock.”

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Cast

Steve Martin
Vincent "Vinnie" Antonelli
Rick Moranis
Barney Coopersmith
Joan Cusack
Hannah Stubbs
Melanie Mayron
Crystal Rybak
Bill Irwin
Kirby
Carol Kane
Shaldeen
William Hickey
Billy Sparrow / Johnny Bird
Deborah Rush
Linda

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Herbert Ross
Writers: Nora Ephron
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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36 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Herbert Ross, shot by John Bailey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ira Newborn. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen A. Rotter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Steve Martin and Rick Moranis and Joan Cusack carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A comedy about a government witness who gives suburbia a culture shock.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Herbert Ross directs. John Bailey behind the camera. Ira Newborn scores. Stephen A. Rotter cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.
336 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Herbert Ross, shot by John Bailey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ira Newborn. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Stephen A. Rotter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Steve Martin and Rick Moranis and Joan Cusack carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "A comedy about a government witness who gives suburbia a culture shock.".
9IMDB entry: tt0100212 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Bailey
Original score: Ira Newborn
Editing: Stephen A. Rotter
Production design: Charles Rosen
Costume design: Joseph G. Aulisi
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6
Box office: $23
Return: 383% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: My Blue Heaven (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes: 71% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 35/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 24,283 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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BadChristian2018-11-19
★ 5/10
My Blue Heaven is okay. The acting is serviceable, although never did I believe that Steve Martin was an Italian Mob guy. I didn't find it particularly funny; I laughed two times and those were more out of shock. The plot, which Wikipedia tells me is vaguely based on the same guy who inspired Goodfellas, isn't exactly a new or unique idea, but it has some potential as both a fish out of water and an odd couple story. My Blue Heaven is fine; there isn't anything terrible, nothing drew me out of the film (except Steve Martin's casting and the choice to use title cards to occasionally change perspective), and I never was confused or disappointed with the story beats, but I was never impressed or fully invested. I picked this movie at random and didn't know what I was watching until the title appeared. I was excited to see that I was going to see a movie with Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack, but they are all misused and easily could have been replaced with any other B-list actor. Again, it's fine. It's okay. I didn't dislike it, but there are plenty of better movies to have given that hour and a half to.
kevin20192026-02-06
★ 6/10
"My Blue Heaven" is a nondescript film of no consequence which has too many plotlines threaded together with none of them being properly explored simply because we are too preoccupied watching the cast dancing and having fun. Now, this might indeed be considered entertaining by some, but it also seems like completely unnecessary padding just to fill out an insubstancial story of desperately limited means. The film is really in need of a strong central focus instead of a series of ideas it can't really be bothered to do anything with. The only one of these ideas which is brought to a satisfactory conclusion is the baseball field Vinnie has built for the children. This is a delightfully cute idea, but it is hardly enough to sustain an entire film and surely what we have here is ample proof of that.