The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.
Acting
Andy Garcia's midlife-crisic desperation is physically uncomfortable—in the best way.
Writing
Every lie stacks until the third-act collapse feels earned, not forced.
Production
City Island itself becomes a character: insular, aspirational, weirdly beautiful.
Director
Raymond De Felitta
Andy Garcia
Vince Rizzo
Julianna Margulies
Joyce Rizzo
Steven Strait
Tony
Emily Mortimer
Molly Charlesworth
Ezra Miller
Vincent "Vinnie" Rizzo, Jr.
Dominik Garcia
Vivian Rizzo
Carrie Baker Reynolds
Denise
Alan Arkin
Michael Malakov
Louis Mustillo
Bruno
Jee Young Han
Casting Assistant
Sarah Saltzberg
Casting Director
Curtiss Cook
Matt Cruniff
Sharon Angela
Tanya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Andy Garcia's real-life daughter Dominik plays his on-screen daughter Vivian, making their tension weirdly authentic.
City Island is genuinely isolated—a Bronx fishing village where locals clash with weekend yacht people, mirroring the Rizzos' class anxiety.
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I recently watched this movie and it Is excellent. I highly recommend it. Andy Garcia, Julianne Margulies, Alan Arkin.... well worth watching.
@anastasia10017
GREAT MOVIE!
@ooburrisukai9287 3
Andy Garcia sort of resembles Robert Deniro
@r25rjr 6
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