Instead of making a likeable main character, the filmmakers give us the egotistical, brash, rude and obnoxious character of Jake.
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Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2008)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:2
Rotten:19
Average Rating:3.5/10
Theatrical Release:Sep 5, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $322,039
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Jay Jablonski, Cerina Vincent, John Kapelos, John Enos
Director: Jason Todd Ipson
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Reviews for Everybody Wants to Be Italian
[Sets] up hackneyed relationships, conflicts and resolutions with such a lack of imagination and subtlety that paying attention to narrative particulars quickly becomes a waste of time.
09/05/08
If Italians had their own term for 'schmaltzy', this awful, derivative and painfully cringeworthy piece of steaming crap would be the most loathsome example of such an adjective.
09/02/08
Has more the feeling of a TV serial than a well-structured movie.
07/22/08
It's pretty obvious. Everybody Wants to Be Italian wants to be the next My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Unfortunately, it doesn't have nearly as much charm as the 2002 sleeper. In fact, Italian doesn't have much charm to it at all.
09/04/08
While not being entirely original or clever in its exploration of modern Italian culture, it's a light-hearted film which delivers just enough giggles to keep it upbeat and kind of cute.
07/03/09
This lame-brain romantic comedy strives hard for a shambling charm, but is unlikely to prove appealing to even the most undemanding of audiences.
09/08/08
With a title like this, shouldn't Jason Todd Ipson's comedy celebrate Italian culture? Instead, it aggressively insults the heritage it pretends to admire.
09/05/08
The film plays out pretty much exactly as you would expect -- which won't bother some people one iota.
09/05/08
Top CriticMaybe if Everybody Wants To Be Italian were even intermittently funny, the stereotypes wouldn’t matter.
09/03/08
How atrocious is the comedy Everybody Wants to Be Italian? Let me count the ways.
09/05/08
Top CriticConstructed out of tired jokes, vaguely familiar actors and a few forced and predictable situations, it's strictly a harmless place-filler.
09/05/08
Top CriticRomantic comedies don't always have the strongest concepts, but Everybody Wants to Be Italian begins with what barely qualifies as an idea.
09/04/08
The film is a reminder why romantic comedies have died off so much in recent years.
09/05/08
Full of clunky humor, battle-of-the-sexes musings and spicy accordion music, Everybody Wants to Be Italian is relentless -- but not necessarily relentless fun.
09/05/08
If you thought the ethnic stereotyping in My Big Fat Greek Wedding was bad, this charmless romantic comedy will drive you to despair.
09/05/08
A dreadful romantic comedy with totally unappealing characters.
09/06/08
Beantown provides a salty backdrop, but when the action shifts to Italy, it seems the budget didn’t include airfares.
09/04/08
Writer-director Jason Todd Ipson's romantic comedy is so awash in tired ethnic clichés that the story drowns.
09/05/08
It's all a bit offbeat and as a consequence we are more than ready to chuckle and open up our hearts
06/27/09
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