it boggle the mind how this movie be nominate for seven oscar and win one . not because it abysmal or because give the collective credential of the creative team behind it really ought to deserve them but because in every category it be nominate prizzi honor disappoints . some would argue that old hollywood pioneer john huston have lose it by this point in his career but i do not buy it . only the previous year he sign the superb under the volcano and a dark character study set in mexico and that rank among the fine he ever do . prizzi honor on the other hand and a film load with star power and good intention and a decent script and prove to be a major letdown . the overall tone and plot of a gangster fall in love with a female hit man prefigure the quirky crimedies that catch hollywood by storm in the early 90 but the script be too convolute for it own sake and the motivation be off and on the whole the story seem unsure of what exactly it try to be represent a romantic comedy and a crime drama and a gangster saga etc . jack nicholson ( do a brooklyn accent that work perfectly for de niro but sound unconvincing come from jack ) and kathleen turner in the leading role seem to be in paycheck mode and just go through the motion almost sleepwalk their way through some part . anjelica huston on the other hand fare well but her performance be sabotage by her character motivation represent she start out the victim of her bigot father disdain and she prove to be supportive to her ex husband and then become a vindictive bitch that want his head on a plate . the colour of the movie have a wash up quality like it be make in the early 70 and huston direction be as uninteresting a everything else . there promise behind the story and perhaps in the hand of a director hungry to be recognize it could have be morph to something well but what leave look like a film nobody be really interested in make .