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Brooklyn Lobster

Play trailer Poster for Brooklyn Lobster R,  2005,  1h 30m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 47% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 62% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
47% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 62% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a Brooklyn tradition for 65 years, with an eclectic mix of customers and bragging rights. But the restaurant faces financial trouble and as they face the possibility of losing their business, the Giorgio family members find it difficult to balance their personal lives with the pressures of reestablishing the eatery.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Mar 23, 2006
3/4
Brooklyn Lobster is a sweet and touching film, worth a visit. Go to Full Review
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune Mar 23, 2006
3/4
Brooklyn Lobster is the kind of smart, realistic indie family drama the movies should give us more often. Go to Full Review
John Anderson Newsday Nov 4, 2005
3/4
The dramatic engine may be real estate and bank loans, but the heart of the movie is family and character and the film provides plenty of both. Go to Full Review
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com Jun 22, 2007
3/5
The movie has that 'shiny-object-syndrome'... it tends to get easily sidetracked by things that aren't important to the story. Go to Full Review
Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com Dec 8, 2006
3.5/5
Comes from a sincere (as in autobiographical) place, and, despite its familiar trappings, it's presented with an admirable lack of B.S. Go to Full Review
Connie Ogle Miami Herald Jan 20, 2006
1.5/4
The crustaceans' unhappy destinies are more compelling than the colorless lives of their captors. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Kevin Jordan

Director

Danny Aiello

Frank Giorgio

Jane Curtin

Maureen Giorgio

Daniel Sauli

Michael Giorgio

Heather Burns

Kerry Miller

Marisa Ryan

Lauren Giorgio-Wallace

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Brooklyn Lobster

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Movie Info

Synopsis Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a Brooklyn tradition for 65 years, with an eclectic mix of customers and bragging rights. But the restaurant faces financial trouble and as they face the possibility of losing their business, the Giorgio family members find it difficult to balance their personal lives with the pressures of reestablishing the eatery.
Director
Kevin Jordan
Producer
Kevin Jordan, Darren Jordan, Chris Valentino
Screenwriter
Kevin Jordan
Production Co
Groovestrings
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$138.3K
Runtime
1h 30m
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