Everybody Wants to Be Italian

Everybody Wants to Be Italian

When it come to love, it's always better to be Italian.

Directed by Jason Todd Ipson

Produced by Asgaard Entertainment

2007105 min6.5 / 10

A light romantic comedy about self-deception and finding love in unexpected places, built on charm and the warmth of community.

Are all relationships based on lies? Jake Bianski runs a fish market in north Boston, surrounded by Italians. For years, he's carried a torch for Isabella, an ex-girlfriend now married with three children and no interest in Jake. Yet, he tells everyone she's his girlfriend, including Marisa, a veterinarian his employees set him up with at the Italian singles club. She's interested in him until he tells her about his girlfriend, then he's persistent in asking her to be his friend. As the friendship bumps along, Jake realizes that reality may be better than fantasy, but what if Isabella changes her mind about Jake, and what if it comes out that Marisa, like Jake, isn't Italian?

Questions people ask

  • Is Everybody Wants to Be Italian violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Everybody Wants to Be Italian easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Everybody Wants to Be Italian end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Everybody Wants to Be Italian scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Everybody Wants to Be Italian sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Love45

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