The Super

The Super

The judge sentenced slumlord Louie Kritski to six months in his own building. He would have been better off in jail.

199186 min5.9 / 10

A lighthearted redemption comedy where a selfish slumlord is forced to confront the consequences of his negligence by living in his own decrepit building.

Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option -- he must live in his rat-infested hell hole until he brings it up to liveable standards.

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