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8 | ''Little Odessa'' is a 1994 American movie about the Russian-Jewish immigrant community in Brighton Beach and the bad things that happen to one particular DysfunctionalFamily. It consists of Arkady, the adulterous father who makes ends meet working at a newsstand; his wife, dying of a brain tumor; and the younger son Reuben, a soft-spoken, clever boy intent on cutting school, smoking weed, and watching movies. There is also an elder son, Joshua (Creator/TimRoth), who is a hitman for the [[TheMafiya Russian Mafia]] and was therefore banished from home. He has to return to Brooklyn to off an Iranian jeweller, and awkwardly tries to make peace with his family in the process. [[{{Tragedy}} It does not go well]]. |
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11 | !!This film provides examples of: |
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13 | * AloofBigBrother: Joshua |
14 | * BigRottenApple: At least in regards to Brighton Beach/Little Odessa. |
15 | * BilingualBonus: Yiddish and Russian, though the pronunciation is often off. |
16 | * BlackSheep: Joshua's criminal ways lead to him becoming rejected by his father. |
17 | * CallingTheOldManOut: Joshua to his dad several times throughout the movie, with increasing violence. |
18 | * CityNoir: NYC is bleak and cold and people shoot each other in broad daylight. |
19 | * DownerEnding |
20 | * DullSurprise: the expression worn by the protagonist for the length of the entire film. |
21 | * FakeRussian: Everybody except for some minor characters. |
22 | * HappyPlace: the final scene sees Joshua sitting alone in his car and imagining his mother, brother and himself sitting quietly together in the bedroom. This is never to be since [[spoiler:both his mother and brother die]]. |
23 | * HarmfulToMinors: Reuben witnessing his brother on his, er, job, and subsequently arming himself. |
24 | * HitmanWithAHeart (albeit a very cold heart) |
25 | * IneffectualLoner: Joshua. |
26 | * KosherNostra / TheMafiya |
27 | * MoralityPet: Reuben and his mother for the protagonist. |
28 | * ObliviousYoungerSibling |
29 | * ProfessionalKiller: the hitmen are uniformly dressed like [[{{Delinquents}} greasers]] and have to make ends meet in a sucky, bleak, poor neighbourhood. |
30 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Alla, Joshua's ex. To compensate, the actress is pretty and does her job well. |
31 | * SiblingYinYang: Joshua is cold, violent and not overly bright; Reuben is caring and intelligent. |
32 | * SnoopingLittleKid: Reuben. He reads his father's mail and meddles in his brother's affairs, and it doesn't [[DownerEnding end well for him]]. |
33 | %%* TheMafiya |
34 | * TheQuietOne: Joshua does not do much talking. |
35 | %%* YiddishAsASecondLanguage |
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