Film

Two Family House

2000 · 1h 44m · Drama · Romance

The only way to find out what you love is to risk everything you have.

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Metacritic

79

Buddy Visalo (Michael Rispoli) is a factory worker, a frustrated crooner who once had a shot at the big time. Buddy's dreams of greatness have been reduced to an endless series of failed moneymaking schemes. His latest is buying a two-family house for him and his wife, Estelle (Katherine Narducci) and converting the ground floor into a neighborhood bar where he can perform. The wrench in the works is that he also inherits the upstairs tenants, Mary,a pregnant Irish girl fresh off the boat (Kelly Macdonald) and her abusive, alcoholic husband, Jim (Kevin Conway). As Buddy's gang of Italians tries to handle the situation, the girl goes into labor, and a baby is born, forcing them all to confront the limits of their tolerance and compassion.

Michael Rispoli

Buddy Visalo

Kelly Macdonald

Mary O'Neary

Kathrine Narducci

Estelle Visalo

Kevin Conway

Jim O'Neary

Peggy Gormley

Miss Dimunjik

Matt Servitto

Chipmunk

Michele Santopietro

Laura

Louis Guss

Donato

Anthony Arkin

Danny

Saul Stein

Anthony

Vincent Pastore

Angelo

Sharon Angela

Gloria

Ivy Jones

Tina

Victor Arnold

Mr. Cicco

Richard B. Shull

Mr. Brancaccio

Jack A. O'Connell

Mr. Mahoney

• Raymond De FelittaDirector · Writer
• Alan KlingensteinProducer
• Anne HarrisonProducer
• Adam BrightmanExecutive Producer
• Jim KohlbergExecutive Producer
• Michael MayersDirector of Photography
• David LeonardEditor

Two Family House - Trailer

Release date

January 21, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama, Romance