Exploring the Impact of 'Mafia Mamma': A Feminist Twist on a Classic Tale.

Director Catherine Hardwicke's latest film, Mafia Mamma, is a high-concept comedy that puts a "bizarro feminist twist" on The Godfather. Starring Toni Collette as a timid American woman who becomes the head of the Cosa Nostra in Italy, the film is filled with fish-out-of-water laughs and hijinks, but also has a central metaphor of an insecure woman finding empowerment in a patriarchal world. Monica Bellucci co-stars as the firm's consigliere.