I have seen the movie 4 times and most of the women in my family have seen it and liked it as well. I was hesitant to watch it at first, but luckily got talked into it at the video store. Scott Baio was really good, and I wasn't expecting that. Rosemary Prinz played Bella beautifully. The loving banter between Massimo and Bella, was what you hope your marriage will be like after 40+ years. The rest of the cast of characters were sweet lovable people. It gave you the feel of a close knit Italian neighborhood. You definitely laugh and you also cry. I really found myself caring about the characters, their lives and their interactions with each other. I like the zest for life that they showed. It's a movie you can just sit back and enjoy as it comes. I would recommend it for mothers and daughters, or a girls night movie or just something to rent for yourself.

This movie was not that good. The high user rating and the comments make you think that this movie would be extremely good and it didn't even rate in the average category. After reading through the comments I am guessing that many reviewers knew the people who made this movie and wanted to give it a favorable review. Although I enjoyed Scott Baio and Kristin Minter's characters, everything else in the movie made this a movie I wish I hadn't taken the time to watch. The parents definitely overacted just about every one of their lines and the retarded brother's performance bordered on the insulting many times. Scott Baio's character's work life was not realistic (when exactly was he working so hard at his other job that he warranted a promotion to Senior VP). The thing is, I enjoy movies with concepts similar to this one - unrealistic, but nevertheless romantic and predictable story lines- the problem is that this movie was just poorly executed. It was suggested that you have to enjoy or appreciate ethnic movies to enjoy this one, well I love movies involving ethnicity but showing Italian culture in the form of extremely bad accents, overacted but nonetheless authentic family interactions, and good food doesn't save this movie.Save your time and your money and pass on this movie, you'll only be disappointed.

I couldn't watch more than 30 minutes of this flick..even after several attempts. The acting is poor and the characters so boring, I'm almost annoyed by them. The story is lame. It's worse than a 6th Grader's book report. The photography is extremely weak. Bad camera angles, horrible scene transfers, and even worse editing. They must have used high schoolers to film this movie, they go overboard with the closeups, not framing the characters correctly. No, this isn't genius in cinematography, this is ignorance in film making. I'd honestly rather watch TV Snow than attempt to view this movie again.This is complete garbage, and not worth a showing at 3am on Public Access channels.

I thought this was a very well done, though very low budget, movie. Scott Baio surprised me with his acting talent. He was serious, moody and passionate - about bread. Though I liked the romantic story line of the film I did not think it showed as much passion as it should have. Having said that, the film is still a very good and moving love story. The story lines following the brothers and the elderly ethnic couple were very touching. I would recommend this to any romantic at heart. The rental box compared it to Moonstruck and Big Fat Greek Wedding. Besides the ethnic aspect I don't think that offers much of a comparison. This film was much deeper and dealt with more serious subjects than those two comedies did.Very good movie. Check it out and see for yourself.