Manly Cinemas - Movie Detail

City Island (M) 104 mins

Rating Advice:Mature themes and coarse language

Opening:22 July 2010

Genre:Drama/Comedy

Language:English

Director:Raymond De Felitta

Cast:Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Emily Mortimer, Alan Arkin

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Trailer:Watch this trailer below!

Distributor:Anchor Bay

Awards:

****4 stars!.. Margaret & David [ABC]

8 out of 10!.. Louise Keller [Sun Herald]

Winner Tribeca Audience Award

Synopsis: Meet the Rizzos, a family on a collision course with the truth. CITY ISLAND is a hilarious and touching tale from the producers of 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Sunshine Cleaning' about a family whose comfortable co-existence is upended by surprising revelations of past secrets and present day lies. Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped and quaint fishing community of City Island on the outskirts of New York City. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Ashamed to admit his aspirations to his family, Vince would rather let his fiery wife Joyce (Julianna Margulies) believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an extramarital affair than admit he's secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that turns his mundane suburban life upside down. Inspired by the exercise, he decides to bring his long-lost ex-con son Tony (Steven Strait) home to meet the family, and it soon becomes clear that everyone-including his college student daughter (Dominik Garcia-Lorido), teenaged son Vinnie, Jr. (Ezra Miller), charismatic acting partner (Emily Mortimer) and drama coach (Alan Arkin)- has something to hide.