Aside from the unfortunate R-rated language, 29TH STREET is an otherwise delightful family film in the classic Frank Capra tradition. Not that 29TH STREET is in the same league with IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, the most beloved example of "Capracorn," but it is reminiscent of the latter in
that it relates one essentially decent man's life story, in flashback and over a period of several decades, with beginning and concluding sequences during Yuletide.
It's Christmas Eve, 1976, somewhere in the Italian-American community of New York City. Frank Pesce, Jr. (Anthony LaPaglia) is mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. Rewarded for smashing snowballs into the ...
Released:
1991
Rated:
R
Length:
101 mins