Went to see Mambo Italiano today with a friend. Although it says: "Mambo Italiano is hysterically funny and deeply moving.", under the provided link, I can not say it was "hysterically funny", but it was funny. I am still not getting the "deeply moving" part. I must have missed that by watching the man next to me eat six - yes you saw that right - SIX icicles.
I did not think anything when he ate the first one, I still didn't think anything strange when he ate the second one, however I did wonder a bit when he started eating the third. When he started unwrapping the fourth one I must admit I was a bit curious and looked sideways only to reassure myself it was really icicles and that indeed he ate them himself and not pass them to somebody next to him. I was mildly confused when this stick-thin person started nibbling away at the fifth, and I was truly envious he could inhale that much sugar and stay thin, when he downed the sixth, while at the same time I was looking around to find the hidden camera, as this could only be a prank of some sort. To my amazement: no hidden camera, this man was for real. But that doesn't really have anything to do with the movie, while it still serves as nice anecdote.
Generally I'd say it's an entertaining movie on the light side, I did not detect a "message" or anything life-changing or mind-boggling. I liked it. It did all I wanted it to do. I was entertained, I laughed and I had a great time. Movies don't always have to have a message or be works of great artistic value. Some movies are only for entertainment and if they serve that purpose well: that's good enough for me. And Mambo Italiano was.
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