The humor is broad -- the jokes tend to head toward obvious punchlines -- but it is well delivered.
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10/03/03
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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 seems more interested in splashing stereotypes all over the screen than in uncovering any kind of truth, comic or otherwise.
10/03/03
Top CriticBig Fat Greek wannabe set in Montreal's Little Italy...
10/02/03
Reno's charming performance and some hilarious moments help this Canadian import rise above cliches.
10/02/03
Over-acted, over-directed but dully directed.
10/02/03
Top CriticThe characters are blatantly stereotypical, but Galluccio is able to get away with it because he's poking fun at the people he loves.
10/02/03
Pretty unsatisfying.
09/26/03
Unfortunately, although we're meant to root for Angelo, he often comes off as whiny and arrogant, and his attempts at screenwriting are so bad it's impossible to take his dreams of being an artist seriously.
09/25/03
Top CriticMambo Italiano has its share of very funny moments, but they are trapped in a production whose drama is unsubtle, obvious, and at times downright insipid.
09/24/03
Top CriticThis is "Big Fat Greek Wedding" with bite and one of the funniest films of the year
09/23/03
The material lacks both credibility and emotional resonance.
09/22/03
A whole lot of familiar pieces, all glued together quite neatly and delivered in a funny, breezy package.
09/21/03
An awful bore.
09/21/03
Beneath the heavy accents, wild gesticulating, slaps to the head and garish flocked wallpaper, there's an awful lot of heart.
09/20/03
Like Greek Wedding, Mambo has enough funny moments to save it.
09/20/03
Top CriticIt's quite possible that [Mambo] may have closed the territory for raucous comedies about gay Italians coming of age in North America. For those of us whose ears keep ringing from the din of such movies, it's an errant wish.
09/20/03
Top CriticParts of Emile Gaudreault's broadly appealing movie are so, well, broad that they make Greek Wedding look like a model of restraint by comparison.
09/20/03
Top CriticIf the best comedies make you laugh and the worst make you angry, this is the middling and well-intentioned brand that makes you frustrated -- keenly looking for reasons to laugh but, more often than not, failing to find any.
09/20/03
Shamelessly caters to the lowest common denominator.
09/20/03
The mild, squeezably soft-hearted Mambo Italiano is a rare case of being not nearly as excruciating as its trailer suggests.
09/20/03
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