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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyThis is feel-good filmmaking, to be sure, but the culture clash here is more than a meaningless vehicle for fizzy wish fulfillment. The not-unpleasant result is hearty Italian fare with the half-life of Chinese takeout.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIntent on offering viewers a good time yet manages to sneak in considerable substance in a disarming, even old-fashioned manner.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSo desperately eager to please: Gaudreault doesn't offer much in the way of wit or originality, but he's determined to win us over with sheer enthusiasm.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenPatterns itself after the Greek model -- that is, more ethnic humour with a contemporary twist.
- 60VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyThe broad comedy is somewhat strained and obvious, and the hyper-real atmosphere encourages the cast to slice the prosciutto a little thickly. But the film's sweet-natured ingenuousness proves reasonably contagious.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickYou don't have to be gay or Italian or live in Canada to enjoy Mambo Italiano, but a tolerance for ethnic mugging helps.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceOld annoying ethnic family stereotypes meet new annoying gay-relationship stereotypes in this candidate for "Kiss Me Guido's" heretofore uncontested niche.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonMore dispiriting than the caricatured Italian families is the sense that, by picture's end, the filmmakers have neutered Angelo, so that his sexual energy is dulled, made non-threatening -- the perfect son after all.