This movie is a good film. but it does send a mixed message at the beginning. The viewer is led to believe that the movie is a serious "Godfather-like" clone, but one realizes after about 30 minutes that the movie is really a comedy-suspense spoof, with a touch of whodunit. The line is not clear about who the good guys and bad guys are until the end of the movie. Marlon Brando is superb, as are Matthew Broderick and Penelope Ann Miller. Most people will laugh through a third of this movie and sit on the edge of their seat for another third. Clark, the Broderick character, is just trying to earn some extra money for school and his ambition and naiveté combine to make him the perfect "stooge" for a bigger plan. Tina, the Penelope Miller character, plays the perfect seductress who gains Clark's trust. The film also contains a decent romantic element. I highly recommend this movie.
Review of The Freshman
