Staten Island (film)

Staten Island (also known as Little New York) is a 2009 crime film written and directed by James DeMonaco in his directorial debut. It stars Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Seymour Cassel as three Staten Islanders whose lives intersect through a crime. Following a very limited theatrical run in New York City, it was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in December 2009.

Synopsis
A Staten Island mob boss Parmie is robbed by a septic tank cleaner named Sully, who is friends with Jasper, a deaf deli employee moonlighting as a corpse chopper for Parmie.

Cast

 * Ethan Hawke as Sully Halverson
 * Vincent D'Onofrio as Parmie Tarzo
 * Seymour Cassel as Jasper Sabiano
 * Julianne Nicholson as Mary Halverson
 * Adrian Martinez as Officer Rodriguez

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 25% based on reviews from 8 critics. The New York Times critic praised the director James DeMonaco for "adroitly weaving violence, absurdity and sentiment, even an environmental consciousness, into a modest, appealing fable", while the reviewer from The New York Daily News blamed him for "wasting a strong cast in silly roles".