3.5/5
After three Meet The Dad and mom movies, it is unusual to see Robert De Niro taking part in a cantankerous guardian in one other movie with the identical premise. However not like the comedies the place he partnered with Ben Stiller, by which 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 lodge supervisor son and feels he simply wouldn’t slot in with the tremendous wealthy dad and mom 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 nevertheless it all appears actual over all. To present it a purely Bollywood context, it appears like a Govinda-Kader Khan movie, minus the excessive melodrama and dance numbers.
Sebastian Maniscalco is a celebrated get up comedian who has completed supporting roles in movies like Inexperienced Guide (2018) and The Irishman (2019). About My Father is his try in direction of taking part in a number one man. He has a likeable sufficient persona and the appearing chops besides for that, to not point out good comedian timing. The movie is predicated on his experiences together 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 (taking part in himself) is a Chicago-based lodge supervisor of a boutique lodge 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 inns. He desires to suggest to her throughout Fourth Of July holidays, the one glitch is that he desires to offer her the ancestral ring which his father, hairdresser Salvo (Robert De Niro), doesn’t wish to half with. Salvo, who is completely old-fashioned, thinks that Sebastian and Ellie are poles aside. Each are invited to be with Ellie’s household at an upscale membership and slowly, a collection 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 after they realise their mistake. There’s no main battle as such. Everybody is good 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.
Evaluate: 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 fascinating 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 isn’t a conflict of individuals however cultures. On the one hand, we have now a penny-pinching taskmaster, and on the opposite, dad and mom 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 offer in. Who will win on this household vs fiancee recreation?
About My Father is about Sebastian Maniscalco and is loosely primarily based on his relationship together 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 sturdy level because the 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 fascinating 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 girl. There’s a sequence about her getting a hairdo from Salvo, which is fairly rib-tickling.
About My Father might 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 price visiting the theatres for performances and one-liners.
