Everybody Wants to be Italian
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| Directed by | Jason Todd Ipson |
| Produced by | Jaime Burke James Huntsman |
| Written by | Jason Todd Ipson |
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Cerina Vincent Jay Jablonski John Kapelos John Enos III Marisa Petroro |
| Music by | Michael Cohen |
| Cinematography | Michael Fimognari |
| Edited by | Mike Saenz |
| Distributed by | Roadside Attractions |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $532,726 (Worldwide) |
Everybody Wants to Be Italian is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Jason Todd Ipson. The screenplay focuses on the relationship between a blue collar worker and a veterinarian.
The film premiered at the Boston Film Festival on September 18, 2007 and released theatrically in the United States on September 5, 2008.
Jake Bianski is the owner of a fish market in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. For the past eight years he actively has pursued his former girlfriend Isabella, despite the fact she is married and has three children.
Anxious to put an end to their boss' obsession with his one-time love, Steve Bottino and Gianluca Tempesti arrange for him to meet veterinarian Marisa Costa at a dance for singles at the local Italian club. On their first date, a deluded Jake confesses he is involved with another woman and suggests he and Marisa become friends rather than lovers.
After years of rejecting Jake's advances, Isabella finally leaves her husband, and she and her children move into Jake's small apartment above his fish store. Before long, her husband has convinced her to return home, and Jake finally admits he and Isabella have no future together. He follows Marisa to Italy, where he discovers she is involved with another man, but once again Jake refuses to accept reality and, determined to win her back, he begins to woo Marisa.
Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times called the film "atrocious" and "painfully humorless" with "annoying characters navigating unbelievable situations."
Matt Prigge of Philadelphia Weekly rated the film C+, calling it "a pleasant but entirely forgettable bit of fluff" and "merely standard genre fare with a couple decent ideas and a refreshing lack of sentimentality." He added, "At 105 minutes, Italian is far too slack, but it radiates a certain low-watt charm - the jokes aren't particularly notable, but at least they keep coming. The movie is basically one long half-grin: It's consistently almost-funny, well-acted and it generally doesn't make you want to pound stakes into your eyes."
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