Ever since I stopped using DVDs I know I've been missing out on independent films. The previews always turned me onto something else I'd want to see, but we don't have that so much with streaming. This is the kind of independent movie I worry about missing out on.
I'm SO glad this movie was available on Hulu. Its a film about a family, but not necessarily a family film. I cried, laughed and rooted for everyone in it. There were no bad guys in it, just people who loved each other that sometimes did the wrong thing for the right reasons.
Movies as sweet as this, without being saccharine, are few and far between. As someone who never watched his show and disappointed with his earlier movies, I actually now want to check out more Ray Romano stuff of the last 5 years or so.
Somewhere in Queens
2022
Comedy / Drama / Sport
Somewhere in Queens
2022
Comedy / Drama / Sport
Plot summary
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
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June 09, 2023 at 07:57 AM
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Real and Wholesome
I'm not at all Italian, but this felt SO real!
I'm glad I stumbled across this movie on Hulu and gave it a try. Seeing Ray Romano and Laurie Metcalf as the leads clinched it for me, and it's totally worth the watch.
I'm not going to give you a recap like a lot of other raters do, because, hey... The description of the movie does that.
However, I could easily imagine something like this playing out in homes around the world, where we all can (sometimes) try too hard to make something happen, even if it means stepping on some toes.
I mean, don't ALL parents want to help their children achieve greatness in one form or another?
And the wedding where it all comes out? Who hasn't had a family reunion like this at one time or another?
Romano and Metcalf were both fantastic in this and believable as a married couple. The family members, always in their business, were also just as real.
This is a really good way to spend a couple hours to escape.