What is Mean Streets about?
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
No. Brace yourself.
A small-time hood navigates loyalty, love, and ambition within a gritty, melancholy criminal underworld.
Pulpy and intimate. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
Mean Streets parents guide
Some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence, about what an R should carry.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Strong
- Frequent strong profanity or slurs.
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Three questions
- How gory is Mean Streets?
- Light gore and strong violence.
- What is Mean Streets rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated R, with strong violence and frequent strong language.
Cast and crew
Directed byMartin Scorsese
StarringRobert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova
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