Uncle Nino

When Nino is sad, Mascarino pulls down the corners of his mouth But now that Uncle Nino (Pierrino Mascarino) has just dropped in from Italy for a little visit, all that's about to change. Shallcross has created a hodgepodge of good moments and bad. ... Full Review

Uncle Nino" is a serious comedy, its humor alternately sometimes simultaneously dark and light, setting off sitcom-style shenanigans with considerable probing of emotional depth and raising important questions of values and priorities. At first, Uncle Nino looks to be a simple, naive guy from the Old Country, and his backfiring well-meaning ways only add to the miseries. ... Full Review

Uncle Nino" is cleverly critic-proof. The direction emphasizes forced gestures - as when dad plucks a dandelion from his lawn or Uncle Nino admires a floral display and frowns like Pagliacci when he finds that the blossoms are fake. ... Full Review

Although possibly better suited as a TV movie than a major motion picture, Uncle Nino nevertheless is an enjoyable film for anyone willing to go along for the ride. If Uncle Nino the character has any influence, Uncle Nino the movie will win viewers over. ... Full Review

But the contemporary, dysfunctional Micelli family makes room in their hectic home-and eventually their hearts-for their traditional, gregarious, "crazy" Uncle Nino. Guitar-toting teen son Bobby has buddied up and formed a rock band with two guys of questionable character, and is becoming more rebellious by the minute. ... Full Review

rriving in Gated Community USA from his native Italy with motivations unknown, Nino (Pierrino Mascarino) unsuspectingly walks into that hilarious "I Learned it from Watching You" PSA from the '80s. ... Full Article

NEW YORK (CNS) -- A disconnected suburban family learns to stop and smell the roses in the big-hearted if formulaic comedy "Uncle Nino" (Lange Film). ... Full Article

The loudest danger signal for Uncle Nino, after he arrives from Italy to visit his dead brother's family, is that the wine comes from a cardboard box with a spigot. ... Full Article

Reviewed by Keith Phipps February 8th, 2005 A film so wholesome that it ought to come packaged with nutritional information, the family-oriented Uncle Nino plunges viewers into the brutal world of Glenview, Illinois, where teens throw toilet paper on their... ... Full Article