The Freshman Movie Review
The Freshman Review
"The Freshman" Overview
Rating: PG
1990
Cast and Crew
Director : Andrew BergmanProducer : Mike Lobell
Screenwiter : Andrew Bergman
Starring : Marlon Brando,Matthew Broderick,Bruno Kirby,Penelope Ann Miller,Frank Whaley,Jon Polito,Paul Benedict
One of the most savagely underrated films of the 1990s, The Freshman is both touching and hilarious. The increasingly unlikely story has Matthew Broderick as a film school freshman from Vermont who gets caught up in the mob in New York City, where its boss is played by a mush-mouthed Marlon Brando, uncannily similar in appearance to a certain godfather. Strong supporting performances from Bruno Kirby, Frank Whaley, and Paul Benedict -- as Broderick's professor at film school, which is roundly pilloried -- elevate the film to minor classic status.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
