Synopsis
Set in the 1980s, a young Italian-American from the wrong side of the tracks falls for a Jewish girl from Long Island.
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Cast
- Spencer BoldmanGio Marchetti
- Emily RatajkowskiJessica Weintraub
- Noah RobbinsAnthony Panagopoulos
- Kathrine NarducciMama Fortunato
- Gino CafarelliPapa Fortunato
- Sebastian ManiscalcoDinardo
- Theresa MoriartyStephanie
- Lucas SalvagnoChris Carbone
- Peter GaudioVerducci
- Al LineaTerry T
Recommendations
- 60
The New York Times
Contrary to his delicious downer of a first film, the terrific “Big Fan,” Mr. Siegel doesn’t venture into risky areas here. He’s content to have these characters hang out in cars or at a diner while chewing the scenery and checking their beepers. If you came of age in the 1980s, that’s enough to enjoy. - 40
Film Threat
Content-wise, Cruise is dull, with a script that brims of potential but is done injustice by uninspired leads. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Screenwriter Robert Siegel’s second directorial outing is better as an exercise in nostalgia than as a film, but it deserves some praise for its faithful recreation of a time and a place. - 38
Movie Nation
A coming-of-age melodrama seemingly displaced in time.
