Legendary comedy director Elaine May was behind one of the best crime movies of the 1970s, Mikey and Nicky.
The Big Picture The directors associated with some of the greatest crime movies of all time are an easy group of names to rattle off, with Francis Ford Coppola giving us the timeless epic that is The Godfather, or the many crime masterpieces of directors such as Martin Scorsese, Michael Mann, Quentin Tarantino, and the Coen Brothers.
May should have had a longer career as a director, but Mikey and Nicky is a notable work that can cement a legacy all on its own. The Academy Awards did highlight May in 2022 with an honorary Oscar for her work as a filmmaker and a performer. Hollywood has thankfully come to embrace her work, but her features still do not have as much exposure as they do considering the critical acclaim and expert craft on display, especially in Mikey and Nicky and The Heartbreak Kid.
Falk approaches his character with a more gentle temperament, but even he flies into rage at some key points in the film. Mikey shows himself to be a callous and uncaring person, even if his friendship with Nicky does seem to mean a lot to both men. Similar to the relationship between Al Pacino's Jimmy Hoffa and Robert De Niro's Frank Sheeran in The Irishman, it becomes clear that friendship and loyalty only go so far in the mafia life.
'Mikey and Nicky' is a Deglamorized, Grimy Portrait of Criminal Life From The Godfather to The Sopranos and everything in between, none of the mob media that is so pervasive in our culture is portraying the criminal world as aspirational. However, there is often an element of it that draws audiences into understanding why people would find this lifestyle alluring in the first place.
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