Critic Reviews

This 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.

Intent on offering viewers a good time yet manages to sneak in considerable substance in a disarming, even old-fashioned manner.

So 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.

Patterns itself after the Greek model -- that is, more ethnic humour with a contemporary twist.

No sophisticated dance, but it moves about with an open heart. And hey, it's at least as funny as that Greek thing.

The 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.

Beneath the heavy accents, wild gesticulating, slaps to the head and garish flocked wallpaper, there's an awful lot of heart.

Lacks sparkle, and finally tips its gallery of colourful protagonists into the realm of caricature.

You don't have to be gay or Italian or live in Canada to enjoy Mambo Italiano, but a tolerance for ethnic mugging helps.

A coming-out comedy that mines every cliche of cloistered Italian culture. But like "Greek Wedding," Mambo has enough funny moments to save it.