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Critics Consensus: Thoughtful, warm-hearted, and delightfully free of pretense, Mid-August Lunch offers viewers a light diversion with some surprising depth.
Critic Consensus: Thoughtful, warm-hearted, and delightfully free of pretense, Mid-August Lunch offers viewers a light diversion with some surprising depth.
All Critics (63) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (8) | DVD (1)
A simple and endlessly charming look at a weekend in the life of an uncomplicated middle-aged man living with his aging mama.
Charming but insignificant.
Not much happens in this wisp of a movie (it's barely 75 minutes), and not much is necessary; it's all about finding a mood and letting it sneak up and envelop the watcher.
A tasty tidbit of a film, Mid-August Lunch is one of those movies where almost nothing happens but it happens quite nicely.
If Mid-August Lunch were a meal instead of a movie, it would be something light and quick, but not entirely unsatisfying. A green salad with a couple pieces of grilled shrimp on top, say.
You'd have trouble finding another movie with such unforced appreciation of its elderly characters or such intelligent understanding of old age.
Di Gregorio stars in the film as well as writing and directing, and a more charming mealtime companion you're not likely to find.
Shot handheld and mostly confined to the apartment, the film is (despite some mild food tourism) a delightful feat
[A] unique recipe, a bittersweet comedy/drama, with a dash of realism.
What a pleasure it is to see a film that treats the elderly as more just the sum of their age spots.
These women! These women are marvelous.
This is a small, perfectly delicious film. The actors are magical.
Warmly humorous and clever, with a leisurely pace and outstanding performances. Although it may seem like a laugh and that's it, it even reaches a pleasingly subtle depth.
Super Reviewer
In "Mid-August Lunch," middle-aged Gianni(Gianni Di Gregorio, who also directed and co-wrote) takes care of his mother(Valeria De Franciscis). This leaves him with precious little money to pay the bills, like the electric which has not been paid in three years. That's all right, says Alfonso(Alfonso Santagata), the condominium administrator. If Gianni takes care of his mother(Marina Cacciotti) for the night, then he will look the other way on some of the late charges. So, what choice does Gianni have? If only Alfonso had also mentioned his aunt Maria(Maria Cali)... While not what anybody would call substantial, "Mid-August Lunch" goes down easily enough as a droll and charming comedy of manners. One of the most important is to care for the elderly, but not treat them like children. Such lessons are learned on a slow-moving holiday whose rhythms are captured nicely by long takes while also getting some fine footage of Rome in the meantime.
Quite charming and funny.
Slight and simple film about a aging batchelor who lives with and looks after his even elderly-er mother, and somehow acquires another three old ladies to entertain over the August holiday. Sweet but not saccharine, and unlike the little old ladies, doesn't outstay its welcome.
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