- Format: NTSC
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
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- Studio: Warner
- Release Date: Feb 17 2004
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000189LC4
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #15,006 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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Set in the Little Italy neighborhood of Montreal, Mambo Italiano is a fresh and enjoyable take on gay relationships. After reconnecting with an estranged childhood friend, Angelo (Luke Kirby) discovers that he and Nino (Peter Miller) have more in common than just their Italian heritage and suffocating families. After they move in together, Angelo finds that he can't stand being in the closet any longer--but Nino, who's a cop and much more attached to passing as straight, resists. After Angelo tells his parents (Ginette Reno and Paul Sorvino), their lives explode and Angelo discovers that coming out may cost him everything he held dear. The emphasis on ethnic humor threatens to turn Mambo Italiano into My Big Gay Italian Wedding, but the clever writing, sprightly performances, and inventive direction keep the movie consistently unpredictable and funny. Also featuring Claudia Ferri as Angelo's neurotic sister. --Bret Fetzer
Amazon.ca
Scénariste et réalisateur de comédies québécoises à succès, comme Nuit de noces, Emile Gaudreault continue sur sa lancée avec Mambo Italiano, son second long-métrage, portrait fantaisiste et haut en couleurs de la communauté italienne à Montréal.
Dans une famille italienne, quand un enfant part de la maison, c’est qu’il est mort ou marié. Alors, quand Angelo Barberini, 27 ans, quitte ses parents et sa sœur Anna sans être ni l’un ni l’autre, c’est le drame. Mais le volume des cris et des larmes ne pourra qu’augmenter lorsque les Barberini réaliseront que Nino, le colocataire de leur fils, est bien plus qu’un simple coloc.
Véritable petit traité de tolérance, faisant exploser quelques préjugés, Mambo Italiano est une comédie tout à fait rafraîchissante qui fleure bon la tomate. Ensoleillé, coloré, vif, le film fonctionnant sur le principe de l’exagération parodique sait également se faire tendre et émouvant quand il évoque la difficile acceptation de l’homosexualité du fils par la famille surprotectrice et par la communauté culpabilisatrice. Une réalisation guillerette, une interprétation enlevée de Ginette Reno et de Paul Sorvino en parents réellement attachants, des dialogues souvent assez piquants rendus savoureux par le jeu de Luke Kirby (Angelo) font alors bien vite oublier le dénouement amené trop rapidement et les quelques scènes frôlant la caricature. – Helen Faradji.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow! A fast-paced funny movie from Canada!,
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This review is from: Mambo Italiano (DVD)
This movie is very funny, fast-paced, has a memorable look to it, and a directorial style to it like the movie Amelie. It's very Canadian (more specifically, very St. Leonard) and proud of it! The actors are great. I've seen the both the French and English plays (on which the movie is based on) and the movie takes the best parts of both, adds in some extra ingredients to make it the best version so far. If you are in the mood to laugh, this is the movie for you. You don't have to be gay nor Italian to enjoy it! Mambo Italiano has been unjustly compared to My Big Fat Greek Wedding - I HATED that movie! It was barely funny. My only quips with Mambo Italiano are (1) there were no scenes where the 2 sons show any hint of affection towards each other prior to the big coming out, and (2) the DVD doesn't have a running commentary track. On the plus side, one of the bonuses is a compilation of comments from the cast, director, and writer which is quite interesting.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Mambo Italiano (DVD)
I don't understand how someone could not like this movie. It's funny, generally well played and more intelligent than a lot of stuff we see in theaters these days.My GF is of italian descent and from Montreal, and though there were exagerations, she said it was a pretty funny (and even accurate) view of what she's known in Montreal's little Italy.
0 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The worst film of all time.,
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This review is from: Mambo Italiano (DVD)
I've seen some really crappy films and this one takes the cake. I saw this waste of time when it was on the big screen. The whole time I wanted to get up and walk out. Unfortunetly I was with someone who didn't wanna leave and I couldn't go no matter how much I pleaded. I remember during one scene a character was naming famous Italians and he said "Fellini." I immedietly yelled out "blasmphemy!" They had no right to mention Fellini's name in such a horrible film. If they had said DeSica I would have started a fire in the theatre. I've never hated a movie as much as I hate this one. I rembember months later I was walking downtown and I saw a huge 100 foot ad for the film on a building wall. I stopped to spit on it and a couple had smiled and clapped when they saw what I had done. I've never been praised for spitting on something before. It was odd. First off this is the most innacurate display of Italian culture I've ever seen in my life. It's so innacurate it becomes offensive to Italians. I think Paul Sorvino is the only actual Italian in the film. By the way he sucks. That guy cannot act. He was in Goodfellas. Big deal! Any middle aged Italian man would have fit that role perfeclty anyway. I got off topic. For those of you thinking that my opinion is bias cause I'm Italian the same thing go's for My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I felt the same way when I first saw that film. In my opinion comedy is art and surrounding a lame plot with a bunch of cliched stereotypes for cheap laughs is not comedy. The comedic mind has evolved over the years. This movie does not keep up with the evolution of the comedic mind. This movie appeals to the comedic mind of an ape. As the saying around Amazon goes "I give this film 1 star cause I'm not able to give it anyting lower."
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