Staten Island

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 (D'Onofrio) is robbed by a septic tank cleaner named Sully (Hawke), who is friends with Jasper (Cassel), 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".