It's awful.
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10/20/03
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Mambo Italiano (2003)
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Reviews Counted:69
Fresh:22
Rotten:47
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: A broad, shrill comedy that plays like a sitcom.
Theatrical Release:Sep 26, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $6,239,558
Synopsis: Maria and Gino (GINETTE RENO and PAUL SORVINO), emigrated from Italy to Montreal in the 50’s and married after their arrival in “the new world”, a world they still haven’t quite gotten used to.... [More]
Starring: Luke Kirby, Paul Sorvino, Ginette Reno, Claudia Ferri
Director: Emile Gaudreault
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Reviews for Mambo Italiano
The movie's vision of Italian life isn't that far away from that of an Olive Garden commercial.
10/17/03
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10/17/03
Gaudreault serves only appetizers and dessert without the meatballs and pasta
10/17/03
There are laughs in the movie, and a lot of good feeling, but it seems more interested in its Italian stereotypes than its gay insights, and it must be said there is absolutely no feeling that Angelo and Nino are really lovers.
10/17/03
Top CriticIt's the balance of ethnic humor, melodrama and simple charms that make Mambo Italiano, while not something too special, a solid choice for those who enjoy Greek Wedding and its other recent spinoffs.
10/16/03
It's like watching a spaghetti-sauce commercial stretched out to feature-film length.
10/16/03
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10/14/03
The film quickly devolves into tired clichés and jokes.
10/12/03
Paul Sorvino and Ginette Reno bring dignity to the roles of the parents.
10/08/03
Or 'My Not-So-Big-and-Fat Gay Italian Son'...one dance you might just want to sit out.
10/05/03
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10/04/03
Tired jokes, but done with such good humor that I must admit I laughed throughout.
10/04/03
Lacks that outrageous effrontery that might have socked it to its intended audience.
10/03/03
Top CriticIt is agony to watch veteran Paul Sorvino as Angelo's pathetic meatball of a dad, because you recall how much better Michael Constantine was as the patriarch in MBFGW.
10/03/03
Mambo Italiano is likely to provoke the same urges in the movie house that poor Nino experiences after a dinner at the noisy Barberini compound -- an overwhelming desire to flee.
10/03/03
This resolutely unfunny comedy about old world culture versus assimilation doesn't go much deeper than floral-print wallpaper.
10/03/03
Mambo Italiano is no sophisticated dance, but it moves about with an open heart. And hey, it's at least as funny as that Greek thing.
10/03/03
With some more real moments and fewer over-the-top scenes, this could have been a movie to write home about.
10/03/03
It may make you smile, but not enough to forget how much of this you've seen before.
10/03/03
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