Mobsters and Mormons - The Cinema Snob 

Fun fact: Mark DeCarlo (the main star) also voiced Jimmy Neutron's dad, Hugh

I grew up in Utah. There are actually churches on every block. The Mormon Church by my house was where all the skaters hung out. Also sometimes dudes would get bjs and school fights would happen.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a Mormon. Wait that’s not right.

It’s a sad state of affairs when I see the title and think, “is this a pureflix movie comparing mobsters to Mormons?” I don’t know why that would be a thing, But it says a lot about the religious films that get the snob treatment.

Mormons are so nice that even the writers of South Park can't bring themselves to be too hard on them.

That bit about returning the tuxedo towards the beginning was actually a little funny.

As an italian, I want to say that the whole thing about us being loud and prone to argue about everything is just a stereotype... but my family was screaming and throwing plates just last launch :p

Yeah, I heard Mormon cinema is famous for being way more chill than it's Protestant or Catholic counterparts and for being far more open to making fun of or even criticizing their own religion. Oh and a lot more creative, too. I remember Diamanda Hagan reviewing one called "Pirates of the Great Salt Lake" that I really need to watch someday as it looks fascinating, being a comedy, yet also something of an allegory for the struggles of gay people in the Mormon community. While also being about pirates.

Snob, they would now prefer that you call this movie "Mobsters and Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints"

It's so refreshing to find a religious film that doesn't act like their religion is the only right religion. Just a nice film about people being good to others and loving their neighbors.

Mobsters and Mormons would be weirder if it was a dating site a la Christian Mingle

At first I thought the title was Mobsters and Morons.

Mobsters and religious people? What is this, a film about Congress and the White House?

Haha glad I'm not the only one that saw "Mobsters and Morons" as the title!

I find it truly ironic that this is the first religous themed movie i've ever seen that was just about people being nice to each other.

Never would’ve thought a movie with this title would be so wholesome and relatively decent.

That was a pretty harmless religious film, something I never thought I would say in my life.

I'll say this about the Mormons, they have much more of a sense of humor than Evangelical filmmakers. And that granola joke actually got me to snicker.

Aw Brad you shouldn't have! This is one of my favorite comedies. I'm glad Brad finds this refreshing compared to all the other films he's spotlighted. In fact this movie has the same message as Jesus Bro: just be a good person. I'm Mormom and I find this hilarious to watch. I'm glad others do too.

"Laughter-Day Saints"? HAHA HA HA HA. . . . . .What? I'm tired, too.

Hey Brad, as one of the (assumingly) few LDS fans that keeps up with your shows as they come out I'd like to thank you. You handled this episode surprisingly well. Makes me happy to keep current with your material. Thank you Snob!

I lost it with the "I told you, we shot the wolf in the head". Great review :D

The underwear return the suit joke is pretty funny.

Im from utah and grew up catholic. Im suprised how much of this was pretty accurate x"D except one thing is that Mormons tend to be all nice and welcoming if YOU are also mormon and if you live in a white neighborhood. I live in the more hispanic/tongan/samoan area. The catholic church part is half true x"D if you go to the white church (or more PC the english chruch) than yea its never filled. Like most is 30-40 people. Sometimes less. If you go the the spanish church than its always filled. My church has mass saturday and sunday. Sunday church sometimes becomes so filled the doors are open because theres not enough room. But yea a lot of this was on the nose. It didnt show the dark side of the mormon church but i can only say what ive heard from my mormon friends. But again this treatment is usually twoards othet members. To the rest of us its just whatever. You meet nice people and you meet assholes.

I love this movie. All the over the top "OHs" he gives crack me up. I know the guy best as the voice of Jimmy Neutron's dad. This was a great review. It's fair and unbiased while making fun of what needs to be made fun of. Just like south park. Would love to see more LDS movie reviews. There's an entire library of material. If you want to cry your eyes out I would recommend watching 17 miracles. Also that larger hitman at the end, I met him in real life and he's super chill.

if Carmine converted to mormonism he would start the Kolob Mob

"Leave the gun. Take the granola." Did... Did I just laugh? At a religious movie? Are Mormons just better filmmakers than Christians?

I always thought Napoleon Dynamite was a Mormon movie that somehow got mainstream attention.

OHH MUY GOOD!!! that one guys name is Nathan and he was my teacher in high school. East Hollywood high. I shit my pants

Yessss I was hoping you'd do this one!

Will you review "Meet the Feebles" to tie in the release of "The Happytime Murders"???

The Buttercream Gang movies were made by Mormons. Doesn't that count?

Finally the review I’ve been waiting for.

They actually rip off the god father earlier in the movie too.when he's talking about the three little pigs he uses sunnys line when he's talking to Michael about killing the cop

I can't remember legitimately laughing so much at the jokes in the movie Brad's reviewing.

Ah great. Now I have to say it. Alec Berrrrrrrrrrrrg! Mistah Berrrrrrrrrrg!

I just love it when you find a way to fit in the "Will it fit" guy into your reviews.

Wait, Halestorm makes movies, too? Huh... never would've taken 'em for Mormons, but alright. Their music's pretty heckin' sweet though, gotta say. Get some sleep, Brad :o

The "I'm TIRED!" Had me laughing hard.

Man that car explosion was fucking epic. A pretty damn good-looking piece of special effects and editing for such a low-budget film.

Ironically, this is one of the only religious movies on this show that isn't made by a filmmaker going to Hell.

This review gives me the warm, religiously-tolerant fuzzies.

If only mormons were this nice irl too. You know, without all the hate and shunning they do when someone leaves the church.

Speaking as a Mormon, this is the most tolerable Mormon movie out there.

How did I miss this episode? So good

Guess what this movie has in common with "Zootopia?" They're both movies about not listening to stereotypes & accepting people as they are that somehow, without ANY irony at all, includes the most offensive Italian mobster stereotypes. I'm gonna go watch My Cousin Vinny on repeat now. At least it won't scream about "an offer I can't refuse" while using one hand to turn on an opera record and using the other to shovel spaghetti-pizza into it's mouth. Jesus.

Judging by the title of this movie, I would've assumed this was a feature length "South Park" episode. I've seen reviews of all these "Christian-sploitation" movies (in particular the ones from "Pure Flicks"), but I never heard of a Mormon-sploitation movie before. Great episode, can't wait to see what's in store for this year's "Musical March in September".

Thought the title said " Monsters and Morons" and I was like, Oh! A movie about Hollywood already?

Love this review from the Cinema Snob. Truly a great way to showcase how two opposing views can clash for laughs. 😂

How was there not one single My Blue Heaven reference in this entire review? Anyway, fun review Snob, I love when you do a movie I never expect.

Well this was surprisingly wholesome.

Confession: "More like the Church of 'Laughter' Day Saints!" was a line that made me laugh until I choked.

"This whole movie makes me want mayonnaise." -- I may start saying this and letting people figure out what I mean.

Any chance of you spotlighting "KISS meets the Phanom of the Park" one of these Septembers?

Now, let’s all hope that this week’s review doesn’t get taken down.

LOL now I can't stop thinking about that Seinfeld episode ... thanks Snob! xD

Isn’t Carmine the name of Zorak’s little throat brain when he gets the handsome man voice on Brak?

Yes! Brad has finally gotten to Provowood movies! I grew having to watch these movies...

Is this that tabletop game people keep telling me about?

For those that don't know, the girl that plays piano in high school musical is also in this movie

Oh boy! Musical March in September, I can't wait!

My blue heaven, this sounds like a wonderful, entertaining film!

FBI: So, why exactly do they call you 'Beans'? Beans: Screw you fed, like I'd tell you they call me that 'cause I'm always spilling the beans or can't keep a secret. You must be crazy. My lips are as secure as one of them submarine screen doors I keep hearing about.

I’m probably a lot more psyched than I should be about Musical March (In September).

Shot in glorious God Vision. Simple angles, basic framing, no demonic artistic styling. Just like the Lord and Savior wanted.

Looks like Brad is gonna get bushwhacked in the thumbnail

Can totally relate at time stamp 5:30, also just got back from that same con. Worth it though because Snob was there ;)

congrats on the silver playbutton

So there's Hollywood, Bollywood, and now uh SLCwood no thats not right. Is anyone else in the mood for jello?

*sees title card* Is this a porn episode?

Mobsters and Mormons is not as strange as you might think. Back when the mob ran Vegas they often hired Mormon accountants. Mormons were seen as honest dependable and most importantly loyal. Howard Hughes had a lot of Mormon accounts as well. In fact back in the day in Vegas a Mormon accountant was as iconic as a Scottish engineer in the Royal navy .

I can't wait for his rz halloween reviews

Oh shit. That line at the very end was funny. "There used to be an alter boy, but he left for college"

Never seen anything mormon related unless Matt Stone and Trey Parker are involved

Now "Mornon Mobsters" I'd watch! :)

Finally! A title that makes Sense!

Omg i need a gif or meme of him saying the" Aces os Bases, young mc and pull up your coulattes" line. Lolol

I've watched this review a few times, and i have to say i love it. When i saw that you were reviewing a Mormon movie i figured you would be as brutal with it as any other film, and rightfully so. However despite some teasing I was happy to hear that you saw it as something far nicer than those other religious films. I know that religious groups lately haven't been representing themselves very well, so i was glad to see a movie made about members of my own faith to be a good representation of Christian Values. And if you feel like reviewing any other the other Hailstorm films in the future, that would be awesome :)

“People these days, they got no appreciation for the penal experience”

"You don't put pineapple on pizza!", well I guess now that my bro's roommate is not the only person that does not think that the two don't go together.

I love that the lead is the same guy who used to host Studs

You mean it's possible to have a kind of heart felt movie about religion that isn't hateful and skewed beyond belief? My reality is shattered.

Why was I charmed by this movie

*Cinema Snob* @15:23 That wasn't the first Godfather referrence, that earlier scene where Beans was telling the wolf killing story and he says "Bada-bing, he blew its brains all over his nice ivy league suit" was straight from Sonny's reaction to Michael offering to kill McClusky and Sollozzo. :)

12:43 THANK YOU! I have never seen anyone get so psychotic over food preferences as people who dislike pineapple on pizza. It’s like the The Last Jedi of food!

The title sounds like the weirdest tabletop RPG ever.

I'm genuinely pleased that this wasn't a bad movie

Can witness protection movies/tv shows be counted as their own sub-genre (or some other category) now, or are there not enough for them to be a distinct classification?

"He rats on the current bishop and has to live with a family of baptists, this cycle never ends!"

“Leave the gun, take the granola” Does Utah not have cannoli??? 😱😱😱😱 A fate worse than death.

I never even heard of this lmao. Epic.

This movie is kind of charming. I can't help laughing at the stupid jokes. Maybe because they're in such good nature.

It's 2018. Your video quality is unforgivable.

NEXT WEEK IS MUSICAL MARCH IN SEPTEMBER. My body is ready snob

Interesting how they don’t show the prayer circles, jazz-hand chants, dressing in white, veils and segregating the sexes.

I think this is the first cinema snob review I've seen where I've seen the movie before the video, thanks to growing up mormon I guess

There's actually a large catholic population in utah. I'm sure they're happy to be represented by empty pews.

This is the most accurate portrayal of Italian-Americans I've ever seen in a movie.

He should do a review on The Godmakers, his reaction to the animated segment would be hilarious

Do a video in that Book of Mormon adaptation they did a few years back. It’s cheesetastic!