Everybody Wants to Be Italian R

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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 3, 2009
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Lions Gate

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Entertainment Reviews:

Rotten9%

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Total Count: 23

Spilled33%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 40,053
Rating: 1.5/4 -- Constructed out of tired jokes, vaguely familiar actors and a few forced and predictable situations, it's strictly a harmless place-filler. Full Review
Newark Star-Ledger
Sep 5, 2008
Rating: 2/4 -- The film plays out pretty much exactly as you would expect -- which won't bother some people one iota. Full Review
New York Post
Sep 5, 2008
Rating: D -- A clarification is in order. Nobody wants to be these Italians. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
Sep 7, 2011
Rating: 1.5/4 -- This particular film surely straddles the line between 'romp' and 'zany,' and maybe even deserves that most hallowed of accolades: 'zany romp.' Full Review
Slant Magazine
Sep 8, 2008
A box of cannoli long past its sell-by date.
Variety
Sep 5, 2008
A dreadful romantic comedy with totally unappealing characters.
Spirituality and Practice
Sep 6, 2008
It's all a bit offbeat and as a consequence we are more than ready to chuckle and open up our hearts Full Review
Urban Cinefile
Jun 27, 2009

Product Description:

Fishmonger Jake Bianski (Jay Jablonski) has a bit of a problem. He's madly in love with his teenage sweetheart, Isabella (Marisa Petroro)--even though they broke up eight years before and she is now married with three kids. But just as he does every year on their "anniversary," he shows up at her doorstep with flowers, and an engagement ring, wearing a new suit, begging her to come back to him. The workers at his fish store in Boston's North End--Steve Bottino (John Kapelos), Gianluca Tempesti (John Enos III), and Aldo "Papa" Tempesti (Richard Libertini)--offer him constant advice, trying to get Jake to give up on Isabella and find a new girl. They fix him up on a blind date with veterinarian Marisa Costa (Cerina Vincent) at an Italian singles night, where both Jake and Marisa pretend to be Italian in order to attract each other. But their first real date is a disaster, with Jake talking nonstop about his girlfriend, as if Isabella is still a part of his life. Nonetheless, Jake and Marisa start becoming friends, but things get complicated when they consider something more--as does Isabella. Writer-director Jason Todd Ipson's second feature film--following 2006's horror film, UNREST, which also starred Jablonski and Petroro--is a heartfelt romantic comedy about love and trust and about grasping life's opportunities. Scream queen Vincent (CABIN FEVER) plays Marisa with an endearing sweetness, while Jablonski manages to make Jake charming despite the character's many serious flaws. But it's Kapelos, Enos III, and the always great Libertini who drive the film as the three very funny wise men--especially Kapelos (THE BREAKFAST CLUB) as Steve, a gruff fish guy studying for his doctorate in psychology with an opinion on just about everything.

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  • UPC: 031398105091
  • Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
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