"Things Changes" is a light-hearted look at what happens to an old Italian shoe shiner (Ameche) who's a naive patsy for the mob when a mafia flunky (Mantegna) takes them two of them to Tahoe for a last blast. This Mamet film has a lot of pluses not the least of which is Mantegna and Ameche together in one of Ameche's last films. The story is a cute comedy with a kind of sentimental "feel" to it. The kind of movie that's hard not to like.
Things Change
1988
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama
Things Change
1988
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama
Plot summary
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
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Fun stuff from Mamet, Mantegna, and Ameche.
like the pairing
Gino (Don Ameche) is a simple shoe shiner with a small store. A man has been murdered and there are two witnesses. The killer turns out to be a mobster and Gino's doppelganger. Mob boss Mr. Green gives Gino an offer he can't refuse. Gino wants a boat. In exchange, he is to take the fall and go to prison for three years. Low ranking mobster Jerry (Joe Mantegna) is ordered to guard and prepare him. Jerry decides to show him a good time but it gets out of hand.
The original deal makes little sense. I don't see 3 years for a murder and the boat thing seems non-specific. It's all a little unreal. I'm guessing that the movie is meant to be a little surreal and a little quirky. Gino is meant to be simple but it's hard for Ameche to play dumb. In the end, I really like this pairing. Their low key chemistry is really nice. The details of everything needs some more work but the most important aspect is the two leads. I love these two actors and that goes a long way.
Isn't awful, but a waste of time.
Things change is a bunch of untalented actors coming together on such a nothing of a film.
Has moments of humour, but nothing memorable. Jerry keeps escalating matters unnecessarily, never doing anything to prevent it.