i hadn not even heard of this movie until i stumble across it on late night tv and find it more than adequately funny . a a sicilian and i get over any real sensitivity on the mobster subject long ago . the beautiful thing about martin be that he can be absurd in almost any role he play and still be likable and funny because of that very absurdity . this allow him to do characterized spoof of even evangelist with relative impunity . the magic formula be that just about everything he do in a role would supposedly make one dislike him and but one doesn not . i be not exactly sure what fail to make this movie more of a box office success and or why it get so little attention . i would think that there would have be enough martin fan to give it a good fly send off and keep it there . possibly it be due in part to the fact that by the time the movie be make and the movie go audience demographic have start to change considerably . adult be become more likely to rely on tv and video tape for their viewing fare and unless they think a movie have the scope and grandiosity to benefit from the very large screen . the movie house depend more and more on the teeny boppers who rely on them a social outlet or at least just another place away from home ( ugh . ) . and most teeny boppers lack many of the point of reference that would make the whole new york or wise guy or fbi or not really bad guy shtick really funny . then of course it be also the beginning of end less violence and computer generate special effect which youth saw and popularize a an extension of their video game . consider the more recent offering such a bewitch and this movie be on a different plateau altogether . if you be in your forty now and have be expose to the soprano and by all mean see this movie if you miss it originally . chance be it will make you laugh and hard . and be that not what a good comedy be suppose to do .