3.5/5
After three Meet The Mother and father movies, it is unusual to see Robert De Niro enjoying a cantankerous dad or mum in one other movie with the identical premise. However in contrast to the comedies the place he partnered with Ben Stiller, wherein he performed an ex-CIA spook who takes an intense dislike to his future son-in-law and was overly protecting of his household. In About My Father, he performs an Italian hairdresser who loves his resort supervisor son and feels he simply wouldn’t slot in with the tremendous wealthy mother and father of his son’s girlfriend. Not like the earlier movies, his character is extra relatable and humane. There are gags aplenty, together with one involving a pet peacock being served as dinner but it surely all appears actual over all. To provide it a purely Bollywood context, it seems like a Govinda-Kader Khan movie, minus the excessive melodrama and dance numbers.
Sebastian Maniscalco is a celebrated rise up comedian who has accomplished supporting roles in movies like Inexperienced E-book (2018) and The Irishman (2019). About My Father is his try in direction of enjoying a number one man. He has a likeable sufficient character and the performing chops besides for that, to not point out good comedian timing. The movie relies on his experiences along with his personal Italian immigrant father, who got here to America on the age of 15 from Sicily and have become a hairdresser.
Sebastian Maniscalco (enjoying himself) is a Chicago-based resort supervisor of a boutique resort who falls in love with an esoteric painter Ellie Collins (Leslie Bibb). She occurs to be the daughter of Invoice (David Rasche) and Tigger (Kim Cattrall), millionaires who personal a sequence of luxurious resorts. He needs to suggest to her throughout Fourth Of July holidays, the one glitch is that he needs to provide her the ancestral ring which his father, hairdresser Salvo (Robert De Niro), doesn’t wish to half with. Salvo, who is completely old style, thinks that Sebastian and Ellie are poles aside. Each are invited to be with Ellie’s household at an upscale membership and slowly, a sequence of hilarious misadventures ensue that threaten Sebastian and Ellie’s impending union.
The conditions within the movie are humorous as hell and the dialogue is witty as properly. Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro each possess impeccable comedian timing and it’s nice to see them squaring off one another. They arrive throughout as a father and son couple who dote on one another, regardless of their variations. Their scenes collectively are the soul of the movie. De Niro likes to feed off his co-stars and his scenes with Kim Cattrall too are humorous as properly. Nobody is a villain within the movie. The wealthy in-laws attempt to impose their influences on Sebastian and Ellie however shortly draw again once they realise their mistake. There’s no main battle as such. Everybody is sweet to one another and resolve their variations with ease. However this isn’t jarring in any respect because the laughter retains flowing.
Watch the movie for the interplay between Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro, as additionally for its feel-good storyline.
Trailer : About My Father
Dhaval Roy, Might 25, 2023, 3:30 PM IST
3.0/5
Story: Earlier than proposing to his fiancée, Sebastian is invited to spend the weekend together with her uber-rich and eccentric household. As he takes his Italian immigrant dad alongside, the conflict of opposing cultures threatens to jeopardise his relationship. However he learns a profound lesson about his father and the familial bond.
Overview: Robert De Niro has performed an overprotective father terrorising his would-be son-in-law. Whereas these tales focussed extra on foolish and unlucky occasions unfolding, this one is centred round Salvo (Robert De Niro), an Italian immigrant hairdresser with a ‘resting b*tch face,’ who has raised his son Sebastian (Sebastian Maniscalco) in a typical method. What ought to occur when a judgemental hard-to-please man comes face-to-face with a ridiculously rich and eccentric household? An attention-grabbing experience when the 2 events collide. Extra so as a result of every is quirky and inflexible of their methods.
What director Laura Terruso serves shouldn’t be a conflict of individuals however cultures. On the one hand, we now have a penny-pinching taskmaster, and on the opposite, mother and father who mollycoddle their youngsters. Sebastian loves Ellie (Leslie Bibb) as deeply as Salvo loves his roots, and one of many two would possibly want to provide in. Who will win on this household vs fiancee sport?
About My Father is about Sebastian Maniscalco and is loosely based mostly on his relationship along with his father. Whereas one can think about what that should be like in actual life, on-screen, it’s a hilarious experience replete with intelligent humour and sarcasm. It does have its dose of slapstick comedy, as Ellie’s entitled brother Fortunate (Anders Holm) decides to bully Sebasitian, and Salvo tries to slot in, inflicting some hilarious goof-ups.
Characterisation is its robust level for the reason that film is primarily about two households. From the middle-class Sicilian Salvo to the uppity Collins—Tigger (Kim Cattrall), her husband Invoice (David Rasche), their overly religious youthful son, Doug Collins (Brett Dier) and Fortunate. The polar reverse worldviews and other people make for an attention-grabbing narrative. Robert De Niro is excellent, and his scenes with Sebastian, whether or not bonding regardless of being at odds or mocking the Collins’ foibles are well-done. Whereas their chemistry shines, they ship snarky traces with a lot aplomb and ease. Kim Cattrall is equally spectacular as a strong-headed and snobbish lady. There’s a sequence about her getting a hairdo from Salvo, which is fairly rib-tickling.
About My Father could not have a contemporary premise, and the viewer is aware of what to anticipate, however the interactions between the characters and the humorous dialogue give it a brand new take. The film is value visiting the theatres for performances and one-liners.
