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The Joy of Positivity: My Blue Heaven (1990)

It's the sleeper that asks, "What if Goodfellas was a kooky light comedy?"

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Nathan Rabin
Jan 06, 2025
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The 1990 mob comedy My Blue Heaven isn’t just better than expected: it’s a goddamn delight, a wonderful buddy comedy, and a weirdly perfect companion piece to a film that had slightly more cultural impact: Goodfellas.

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