Rotten
A clarification is in order. Nobody wants to be these Italians.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Everybody Wants to Be Italian
When it come to love, it's always better to be Italian.
2007 · 1h 45m · R
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Jason Todd Ipson
Overview
Are all relationships based on lies? Jake Bianski runs a fish market in north Boston, surrounded by Italians. For years, he's carried a torch for Isabella, an ex-girlfriend now married with three children and no interest in Jake. Yet, he tells everyone she's his girlfriend, including Marisa, a veterinarian his employees set him up with at the Italian singles club. She's interested in him until he tells her about his girlfriend, then he's persistent in asking her to be his friend. As the friendship bumps along, Jake realizes that reality may be better than fantasy, but what if Isabella changes her mind about Jake, and what if it comes out that Marisa, like Jake, isn't Italian?
Director and cast
- Jason Todd Ipson Director
- Jay Jablonski as Jake Bianski
- Cerina Vincent as Marisa Costa
- Blake Lee as Engaged Man (uncredited)
- John Kapelos as Steve Bottino
- John Enos III as Gianluca Tempesti
- Richard Libertini as Papa Aldo Tempesti
- Marisa Petroro as Isabella Bisclari
- Perry Anzilotti as Silvano the Tailor
- Anthony Russell as Nick the Jeweler
- Tammy Pescatelli as Katerina
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
9%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This lame-brain romantic comedy strives hard for a shambling charm, but is unlikely to prove appealing to even the most undemanding of audiences.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
A box of cannoli long past its sell-by date.
Justin Chang, Variety
Rotten
Full of clunky humor, battle-of-the-sexes musings and spicy accordion music, Everybody Wants to Be Italian is relentless -- but not necessarily relentless fun.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
Constructed out of tired jokes, vaguely familiar actors and a few forced and predictable situations, it's strictly a harmless place-filler.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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