Two Family House

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Two Family House ★★½ 1999 (R)

The ‘50s aren't exactly a time of happiness and prosperity for factory worker Buddy Rispoli. He's a frustrated singer, still haboring dreams of the big time, with a number of failed moneymaking schemes behind him. His latest venture is buying a two family house where he and his family can live upstairs while he turns the downstairs into a bar. But the current tenants, a pregnant Irish teen and her abusive husband, have other ideas. 109m/C VHS, DVD . Michael Rispoli, Kelly Macdonald, Kathrine Narducci, Matt Servitto, Kevin Conway, Michele Santopietro; D: Raymond De Felitta; W: Raymond De Felitta; C: Mike Mayers; M: Stephen Endelman. Sundance ‘00: Aud. Award.

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