Corky Romano

2001Movie⏱️ 1h 26mPG-13

ComedyCrime

⭐ 4.8

IMDB Rating

14,165 votes

The loser son of a Mafia honcho must go undercover for the FBI.

Director

Rob Pritts

Writers

David Garrett, Jason Ward

Stars

Chris Kattan, Peter Falk, Vinessa Shaw

Release Date

October 12, 2001

Language

English, Vietnamese, Spanish, Thai

Country

United States

🎯 1

Nominations

💬 115

Reviews

📋 6.1K

Watchlists

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🎭 Top Cast

Chris Kattan

as Corky Romano

Peter Falk

as Francis A. Romano

Vinessa Shaw

as Agent Kate Russo

Peter Berg

as Paulie Romano

Chris Penn

as Peter Romano

Fred Ward

as Leo Corrigan

Richard Roundtree

as Howard Shuster

Matthew Glave

as Agent Brick Davis

Roger Fan

as Agent Bob Cox

Dave Sheridan

as Agent Terrence Darnell

💰 Box Office

$25,272,752

Worldwide Gross

$23,980,304

Domestic Gross

$9,023,173

Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Sound

DTS

Sound

Dolby Digital

Sound

SDDS

Color

Filming Location

Long Beach, California, USA

Production

Touchstone Pictures, Robert Simonds Productions

🏷️ Keywords

mafiaundercoverveterinarianimpersonating a police officervegetarian

🎯 Categories

ParodySlapstickComedyCrime

⭐ Featured Review

Stupid fun. Completely under rated.

by MovieAddict2016 • 2002-06-09

"Chris Kattan of SNL is Corky Romano, the son of a mafia boss a.k.a. "Pops" Romano, played by Peter Faulk. After a heart-attack Pops must get someone to infiltrate the FBI and get rid of any evidence against him. Because his other two sons, one illiterate,and one gay(although he "hides it well" as the movie says)already have crime records, they must bring in Corky, who, after being kicked out of the family after his mother died, has become an assistant veterinarian. Reluctantly, Corky decides to infiltrate the FBI and destroy the evidence against his father. Although peop..."

💡 Did You Know?

According to the screenwriters on Selling Your Screenplay podcast #81, the only reason the film was greenlit was due to a pending Actor strike in Sept 2000, so it was written in 10 days in May, filmed in June and wrapped in August- unheard of for a major studio film.