Everybody Wants to Be Italian 2007

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: How atrocious is the comedy Everybody Wants to Be Italian? Let me count the ways. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A clarification is in order. Nobody wants to be these Italians. Read more

Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Romantic comedies don't always have the strongest concepts, but Everybody Wants to Be Italian begins with what barely qualifies as an idea. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Constructed out of tired jokes, vaguely familiar actors and a few forced and predictable situations, it's strictly a harmless place-filler. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: With a title like this, shouldn't Jason Todd Ipson's comedy celebrate Italian culture? Instead, it aggressively insults the heritage it pretends to admire. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: The film plays out pretty much exactly as you would expect -- which won't bother some people one iota. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: 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. Read more

Anna King, Time Out: Beantown provides a salty backdrop, but when the action shifts to Italy, it seems the budget didn't include airfares. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: A box of cannoli long past its sell-by date. Read more