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Plot Summary
Overworked executive Robert Micelli (Golden Globe nominee Joe Mantegna, "Searching for Bobby Fischer") has little time for his loving wife (Academy Award nominee Anne Archer, "Patriot Games"), rebellious fourteen-year-old son, Bobby, (Trevor Morgan, "Jurassic Park III") and twelve-year-old daughter, Gina (Gina Mantegna, "13 Going On 30""), who desperately wants a dog. This disconnected family is transformed by long-lost Uncle Nino (Pierrino Mascarino, "Tears of the Sun"), an old world Italian who unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep for a visit. Nino's simple, old-fashioned ways make him a curiosity to the neighborhood, and an embarrassment to Robert. But, Nino is slowly able to connect with each member of the family, and teach Robert how to enjoy life's simple pleasures: good food, good music, and most important, La Famiglia! Uncle Nino is that rare family film whose simple story and gentle humor can be enjoyed by all ages.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
21%- Reviews Counted: 33
- Fresh: 7
- Rotten: 26
- Average Rating: 4.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Aggressive heartwarmer, which turns out to be much more of a heartburner.
Rotten: Shallcross fails to infuse the proceedings with the wit or distinctiveness necessary to lift it above the crop of its so many similar-themed predecessors.
Rotten: Sounds Disneyfied enough on paper, but the elderly, violin-toting hero's successful attempt to infiltrate his miscreant nephew's mall-punk garage band is too creepy to fulfill the hipness quotient.
Rotten: It's all neat and sweet and one-dimensional, more the moral to a story than a story.
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