Over the Tavern

This warmly entertaining family comedy set in Buffalo, New York carries us back to the Eisenhower era of the 50’s. It introduces us to the Pazinskis who live over the bar they own. There’s Mom, Dad and their four children: Eddie, Annie, Georgie and the hero of the tale, 12-year-old Rudy. A precocious kid, this Polish-Catholic “Neil Simon” is about to be confirmed. When he suddenly changes his mind, he throws not only his family but the whole neighborhood and parochial school into turmoil. Dudzick’s autobiographical portrait of his loud and sometimes loony clan is a nostalgic family photo shared with both humor and love.