Mambo italiano

Name: Mambo italiano
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 19, 2003
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 41
Cast: Ginette Reno, Luke Kirby, Paul Sorvino, Peter Miller

2003

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: September 19, 2003 | R

Starring: Ginette Reno, Luke Kirby, Paul Sorvino, Peter Miller

Summary: Adapted from the successful play by the same name, the movie explores further the subtleties and complexities of a quintessential Italian family -- a family straddling the cultures, traditions, and mores of the old and new worlds. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Director: Émile Gaudreault

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Scott Brown

This is feel-good filmmaking, to be sure, but the culture clash here is more than a meaningless vehicle for fizzy wish fulfillment. The not-unpleasant result is hearty Italian fare with the half-life of Chinese takeout. Read full review

Rick Groen

Patterns itself after the Greek model -- that is, more ethnic humour with a contemporary twist. Read full review

David Rooney

The broad comedy is somewhat strained and obvious, and the hyper-real atmosphere encourages the cast to slice the prosciutto a little thickly. But the film's sweet-natured ingenuousness proves reasonably contagious. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

Unless you think "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was the height of genius, there's little reason to sit though another version. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

More dispiriting than the caricatured Italian families is the sense that, by picture's end, the filmmakers have neutered Angelo, so that his sexual energy is dulled, made non-threatening -- the perfect son after all. Read full review

Scott Tobias

If Gaudreault's 90-minute pilot ever makes it to television, French-Canadians can look forward to their own Italian version of A.K.A. Pablo. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Disappointing flop that is best left off your dance card. Read full review

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Tss5078

Feb 24, 2013

Mambo Italiano is the story of an Italian immigrant coming out to his old school Italian family. There are some really hysterical lines in this movie, but in general I found the whole thing to have been done. Putting an Italian twist on it, was in theory a good idea, but the whole film justMambo Italiano is the story of an Italian immigrant coming out to his old school Italian family. There are some really hysterical lines in this movie, but in general I found the whole thing to have been done. Putting an Italian twist on it, was in theory a good idea, but the whole film just comes across as cliché. The gay stereotypes are outdated and the other F word is thrown around way too much. If you're looking for an original "gay" comedy, watch Sascha Baron Cohen's Bruno, that was a great movie. Mambo Italiano is just a fast moving, sexist nightmare, with the occasional great one liner.… Expand

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