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THE DELI

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Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Drama; With: Matt Keeslar and Mike Starr

By Troy Patterson

Troy Patterson

Troy Patterson is a critic for EW. He lives in Brooklyn.

THE DELI Mike Starr, Matt Keeslar (1997, Golden Monkey, unrated, $96.99) One gabby week in New Yawk retail. What loose plot there is concerns the comical cash flow of owner Johnny Amico (Starr), a compulsively bad gambler, but the film swiftly collapses into local-color-by-numbers sketchwork -- bookies arguing about oregano, fat guys overeating. Happily, this slab of bologna is spiced with playful cameos: Ice-T as a scowling meat man; Debi Mazar, with her largest hair yet, as a gun moll; and ''Welcome to the Dollhouse'' star Heather Matarazzo as a junior Debi Mazar. C

Posted Feb 20, 1998

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