Made in Italy (2020)
5/10
Open a good bottle of wine, you'll need it
26 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This is like a Hallmark Channel movie based in Italy, but with a better cast.

No cliché is left behind. Father and son travel from the big city to a small quaint town. Unhappily married son meets a beautiful young woman in a cute scene. He falls for both her and her cooking. Father and son humorously attempt to repair a neglected home to sell for the cash. Pithy ex-pat real estate agent gently mocks their efforts.

Uh-oh, troubles ahead. Father and son argue. Beautiful woman has an 8 year old daughter and a troublesome ex. Tears are shed. Plumbing fails, roof leaks, animals hide in closets.

Here comes the happy ending. Home is remarkably restored after only a week's work. Father decides to move from big city to stay in small town. Son realizes that he would also have a happier life in the small town. Father and son are reconciled. Son returns from big city to pursue relationship with beautiful woman, and her daughter loves him. Father and son both start new careers in a small village.

A nice way to spend an quarantine evening enjoying the scenery of Montalcino. But you'll swear that you anticipated every 'surprise' in this movie.
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