Brooklyn Lobster (2005)

Directed by

Kevin Jordan

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family in Brooklyn fights to keep their seafood business alive after a bank mistake threatens to shut it down. The story follows their personal struggles and efforts to save the operation.

family dramaearnestgroundedmildly tenseresilientslice of lifeemotionalunderstated

What happens

Brooklyn Lobster is a 2005 American drama film presented by Martin Scorsese and written, produced, and directed by Kevin Jordan. The screenplay is based on Jordan's family's efforts to salvage their Brooklyn-based wholesale and retail seafood operation when the bank defaulted on a loan they had secured to finance a restaurant extension to the business. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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