Rob the Mob

It's a story so outlandish that it needs to be served by a combination of drama and comedy, and "Rob the Mob" finds that balance quite well.

As Tommy and Rosie, Pitt and Arianda are just the right kind of nuts, the right kind of dumb, the right kind of desperate and the right kind of in love to make it all go down like pie.

De Felitta has a feel for this world and its atmosphere, from the clutter and casual ugliness of the streets, to the insularity of the mentality, to the unexpected sweetness and vulnerability of the people.

"Rob the Mob" skims over the lifted-from-the-headlines exploits of an outlaw couple and gleans a humanist drama steeped in sentimentality.

While Rob The Mob doesn't ultimately hold together, it isn't for a lack of trying by the performers or the filmmakers [...]

A romance about two down-and-outers that reveals the workings of a whole citywide ecosystem of crime and punishment.

...a compelling setup that’s employed to watchable yet distressingly forgettable effect...

Rob the Mob is the story of two lovers who are clearly a few eggs short of a baker's dozen.

Here, the actors and their performances eloquently speak for Tommy and Rosie Uva.

A film that manages to override predispositions and assume an energetic momentum that is both rewarding and engaging.