A Wake In Providence (1999)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 3
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0
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Anthony (Vincent Pagano) is a white fledging actor who is in a happy relationship with Alissa (Victoria Rowell), who is beautiful, gainfully employed, and black. In spite of being sharply reminded that it has been 30 years since Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Anthony is reluctant to introduce her to his large traditional-minded family. Yet when Alissa does accompany Anthony home when his grandfather dies, he learns that race is only one of many issues this eccentric family contends with; two of
Apr 15, 2005 Wide
Nov 7, 2006
Indican Pictures
Cast
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Vincent Pagano
Anthony -
Victoria Rowell
Alissa -
Mike Pagano
Frankie -
Adrienne Barbeau
Aunt Lidia -
Micole Mercurio
Aunt Elaine -
Lisa Raggio
Claudia -
Dan Lauria
Rudy -
Kaye Kingston
Gram Baldassarre -
Louis Guss
Uncle Guy -
Sam Coppola
Uncle Joe -
John Capodice
Uncle Sal -
Mark De Carlo
Vinnie -
Jane Milmore
Patty -
John Mariano
Brunie -
Billy Van Zandt
Louie -
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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (3)
A warm-hearted ethnic comedy in the vein of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Top CriticHilarious and filled with wonderful characters and situations.
Zesty indie comedy from Rhode Island is a winner, with ethnic humor easily mixing with universal truths about dealing with families.
[A] witless farce.
The performers' warmth and air of good cheer make one forgiving of the film's predictability.
It's somewhat ironic that writer-actors Vincent and Mike Pagano intend "Providence" to be a film about getting past ethnic stereotypes, since they apparently couldn't.
A pretty decent comedy of manners.
A film for those people who think My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the greatest comedy of the past ten years
for all the well-aimed blows it lands about how families make us crazy, it still has a very warm, very soft spot for these lunatics.
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