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Mafia Mamma

2023

Catherine Hardwicke

Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Eduardo Scarpetta, Giulio Corso ...

4.2

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Comedy Kristin Balbano is an American executive and mother who travels to Rome to attend her grandfather's funeral. There she discovers that the family business is a criminal organization and their rivals now have the Balbanos in their sights. Kristin has to take over the reins, following her grandfather's wishes. Guided by the trusted 'consigliere', she defies everyone's expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jesse Hassenger Paste Magazine	"'Mafia Mamma' simply imitates an empowerment fantasy and dumbs it way down"
		Maxwell Rabb Chicago Reader	"It moves tactlessly from scene to scene, adorned with outrageous shoot-outs and lousy jokes, producing a feverish cinematic experience"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	Unfortunately, while it’s welcome to see the versatile Collette given the infrequent opportunity for a big-screen leading role, Mafia Mamma squanders her considerable talents
		Chase Hutchinson Collider	"In isolation, there are some solid gags and throwaway jokes that connect. The trouble is that they are just increasingly few and far between"
		Peter Debruge Variety	"A fun fish-out-of-water farce with 'Godfather' DNA and a clever female-empowerment kick, “Mafia Mamma” makes inspired use of Collette"
		Tomris Laffly The Wrap	"Catherine Hardwicke’s film can’t rise above clumsy jokes and cliched characters"
		Jude Dry IndieWire	"Not quite parody and far from a serious crime drama, it lands a bit confusingly somewhere in the middle."
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Toni Collette delivers a loud and messy performance in ludicrous film that overdoes the violence (...) it makes 'Murder Mystery 2' seem like a Rian Johnson thriller. (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Rachel Labonte Screen Rant	"'Mafia Mamma' keeps things moving along at a brisk, entertaining pace that pushes its flaws to the side (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"Collette is amusing and does her best to raise the material. However, the script is too light on comedy, too heavy on gratuitous violence, and too lazy (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 5)"
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Outside of Collette’s energetic comic turn, Mafia Mamma mostly proceeds as one would imagine"
		Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"Lumpy, unfunny and at times shockingly violent film (...) It’s all played for laughs, which fail to materialize in a story that milks easy cliches and stereotypes about Italians (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Ian Spelling AV Club	"It should have been better (...) Not one single moment of it even remotely resembles reality. Still, it's stupid-silly and breezy fun, with a welcome feminist spin, and a committed, top-tier performance from Collette"
		John Serba Decider	"A deadly-dumb farce that drags Toni Collette down with it"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"'Mafia Mamma' is so wincingly awful it makes you question the professional bona fides of everyone who had a hand in greenlighting its existence"
		Andrew Parker The Gate	"Both better than expected and not as clever as it ought to be, the sitcom level comedy 'Mafia Mamma' is a throwback to a bygone era"
		Ann Donahue The Globe and Mail	"'Mafia Mamma' sadly misses the mark and delivers a story rich in tropes but lacking in substance"
		Steve Davis Austin Chronicle	"Collette has a knack for making normalcy special (...) It lifts the movie higher than it otherwise would go. Brava, Ms. Collette. Brava (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Marya E. Gates rogerebert.com	"[It] plays like nothing more than an excuse for Collette, Hardwicke, and company to vacation in Italy (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times	"Toni Collette is all in, but mob farce 'Mafia Mamma' is all wrong (...) [It] makes an offer that really can be refused"
		James Verniere Boston Herald	"The film is riddled with cliches and unbelievable developments"

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