Five Corners (1987) review

Neighborhood lunatic Heinz (John Turturro) is let out of jail and returns to the Bronx where he seems bent on revenge, going after pet store employee Linda (Jodie Foster) that he previously tried to rape, as well as Jamie (Todd Graff) and Fordham-educated activist Harry (Tim Robbins); elsewhere, a high school algebra teacher gets shot (and killed) with an arrow that came out of nowhere.  The script by playwright John Patrick Shanley is allegedly based on experiences he had growing up, but the final product is totally discombobulated, amounting to a series of individual moments instead of a "complete movie": Harry wants to help out the Civil Rights movement and meets with their leaders, Heinz steals two penguins from the zoo to give Linda as "gifts" (but bashes the one to death) and, of course, the scene where Heinz actually tosses his mother out the window is unexpectedly hilarious.  It warrants a little respect for trying to be "off-beat," but unlike the invisible archer it misses by a wide margin - also, as versatile of an actor as he is, not even Turturro can do much with his delusional madman character.