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Cast
- Luke KirbyAngelo Barberini
- Ginette RenoMaria Barberini
- Paul SorvinoGino Barberini
- Mary WalshLina Paventi
- Peter MillerNino Paventi
- Claudia FerriAnna Barberini
- Sophie LorainPina Lunetti
- Tim PostPeter
- Tara NicodemoYolanda / Woman in Airplane / Jolene
- Pierrette RobitailleRosetta
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
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. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Intent on offering viewers a good time yet manages to sneak in considerable substance in a disarming, even old-fashioned manner. - 63
New York Daily News
So desperately eager to please: Gaudreault doesn't offer much in the way of wit or originality, but he's determined to win us over with sheer enthusiasm. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Patterns itself after the Greek model -- that is, more ethnic humour with a contemporary twist. - 60
Variety
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. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Beneath the heavy accents, wild gesticulating, slaps to the head and garish flocked wallpaper, there's an awful lot of heart. - 50
New York Post
You don't have to be gay or Italian or live in Canada to enjoy Mambo Italiano, but a tolerance for ethnic mugging helps. - 40
Village Voice
Old annoying ethnic family stereotypes meet new annoying gay-relationship stereotypes in this candidate for "Kiss Me Guido's" heretofore uncontested niche.
