Everybody Wants to Be Italian

A clarification is in order. Nobody wants to be these Italians.

This particular film surely straddles the line between 'romp' and 'zany,' and maybe even deserves that most hallowed of accolades: 'zany romp.'

This lame-brain romantic comedy strives hard for a shambling charm, but is unlikely to prove appealing to even the most undemanding of audiences.

[Sets] up hackneyed relationships, conflicts and resolutions with such a lack of imagination and subtlety that paying attention to narrative particulars quickly becomes a waste of time.

A box of cannoli long past its sell-by date.

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.

While not being entirely original or clever in its exploration of modern Italian culture, it's a light-hearted film which delivers just enough giggles to keep it upbeat and kind of cute.

It's all a bit offbeat and as a consequence we are more than ready to chuckle and open up our hearts

Instead of making a likeable main character, the filmmakers give us the egotistical, brash, rude and obnoxious character of Jake.

A dreadful romantic comedy with totally unappealing characters.