Southie

1998 Drama

"Southie" is common usage in Massachusetts for a resident of South Boston. John Shea directed and co-scripted (with James Cummings and Dave McLaughlin) this low-budget crime drama which won the American Independent Award at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. Out of money and out of luck, Danny Quinn (Donnie Wahlberg) leaves NYC and returns home to South Boston where his dysfunctional family is allied with an Irish Mafia crowd. When Danny's pals open a private casino with an assist from a different Irish Mafia group, this leaves Danny stuck in the middle when trouble erupts between the two factions.

Director: John Shea

Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Rose McGowan, Anne Meara, Jimmy Cummings, Amanda Peet

 6 Reviews  2 Awards

Reviews

  • Juicy acting and an intense individual and communal commitment that seems to boil up from the streets carry Southie past its structural and technical limitations.

    Jay Carr - The Boston Globe

    27 April 2013

  • The movie paints a vivid portrait of a time and place, but falls back on familiar formulas that diminish its value as both emotional drama and slice-of-life realism.

    Peter Rainer - Christian Science Monitor

    27 April 2013

  • Bottom-drawer plot of a South Boston bad boy returning to tie up loose ends reads like every other "Mean Streets" knockoff in the past decade, with no scene, development or performance standing out from undifferentiated din.

    Ken Eisner - Variety

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • John Shea

    Montréal World Film Festival (1998)

     

  • Bill McCutchen

    Seattle International Film Festival (1998)

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