I Like Killing Flies

Buy This Item I Like Killing Flies by NEW VIDEO GROUP  Available from Amazon  $23.99  on 11-27-2008     A flavorful snack of a documentary (Entertainment Weekly), I LIKE KILLING FLIES is a hearty tribute to the quick-witted, cantankerous chef whose Greenwich Village restaurant, Shopsin s, has become a New York legend. With more than 900 items on its menu, all made from scratch in a tiny kitchen humming with improvised Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, Shopsin s has long been a quirky gem of New York food culture. But the fame belongs to the chef of Kenny Shopsin himself--a raffish cook enforcing his own rules, presiding over patrons, and famously claiming that customers have to first prove that they re OK to feed. Now, after occupying the same city corner for over three decades, the eatery loses its lease--and Kenny, his wife, and their children must find a new place to set up shop. Directed by Matt Mahurin, this bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history. Reader Reviews The premise is promising: an avuncular, crotchety-but-lovable hash slinger (Kenny Shopsin) is being squeezed out of his beloved kitchen by greedy New York landlords and developers. And Kenny's musings on how New York's soul is being devoured by real-estate moguls are indeed interesting. Unfortunately, he has much more to say about a lot of other things, very little of which makes much sense except to him. The movie ends up being the worst thing a documentary can be: uninteresting. I've eaten at Shopsin's a couple of times, and there's nothing charming about it. The food's decent, but the family is boorish and rude, and not in some quaint, lovable way. Kenny Shopsin is repulsive. This film is a good example of how art can make reality look a million times more appetizing than it is.

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