Ketrivie
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Quiet Muffin
This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
asiegel-8
I really enjoyed this movie. Women will love this movie, most men will hate it. I feel this movie was poorly advertised, I never heard of it until recently when it was on TV. It was likely not advertised properly. If you like movies like; Only You, Legally Blonde, and so on that are light, usually predictable, with some laugh out loud moments you will enjoy this. Nice to see Stallone not be this Hollywood oiled up creation to be a tough guy, let's be real he is like 5'8". This is a movie you sit back with a glass of wine and enjoy.Madeline Stowe is a well off unhappy housewife, forced to let her 8 year old son go to boarding school, she gets wrapped up in romance novel book clubs and develops a crush on the writer (a very good looking Italian) while her husband is sleeping with her best friend. She learns, from Stallone, he has been watching her to protect her and in love with her since she was a girl. He lets her know of her real identity, her parents were paid to adopt her, her adoptive father is gay, her biological father was a mob boss who was murdered and she decides to get revenge and take control of her life to find peace and happiness. I really enjoyed this flick, my husband went into another room to watch Sports Center.
Alex (alexandrustr)
I have two problems with this movie... I do understand that it is not supposed to be a classic Stallone shot 'em up movie... but then it shouldn't be listed under 'genre: action', it shouldn't have Stallone with a big gun on the cover, and it shouldn't have such a mobster-action misleading name. Second problem is that the writing is just awful... the characters are simply not believable, the situations presented are far fetched (when Jennifer goes to her adoptive parents and finds out that her father is gay... all of this happening in just 3 minutes without any character feeling whatsoever) and the whole movie altogether simply doesn't draw any attention. I am a HUGE fan of Stallone, but this movie simply is way too bad...wasn't even able to last through the whole thing.
vitaleralphlouis
Definitely a lightweight romantic comedy - where you might ask why did they bother making this - still has a few good things to offer; and there are several genuine laughs, which few recent comedies offer.To begin with, the photography rates a rock-solid A+; not just the scenes in Sicily but every scene from start to finish.Secondly, this was Anthony Quinn's final film, and he holds up well for it -- as he did as a man in real life; a real class act to the end.But the main attraction of the movie is Madeline Stowe, one of the most beautiful actresses ever in film. Herein now aged 40 she starts off looking good and becomes more progressively attractive for the entire 97 minutes. A man can watch this and truly envy the guy in the film who's walking hand in hand with her through a town in Sicily. Or getting plastered with her on Jim Beam in her living room. Any man who's had a real life experience like that knows.The plot is about a mafia don's daughter and her bodyguard. Not bad stuff, but it never rises above the mundane.
robo8
I sure hope this is director Marty Burke's last feature, because unless he had a gun to his head and was forced to follow an erratic script, he's not doing a very good job.The movie is a mishmash of incoherent, illogical, unfounded scenes that brings it no flow and no credibility whatsoever (not even as a comedy). Stallone is actually pretty good and Stowe tries although she stumbles severely.I can see some good intentions of making this a romantic comedy, but it just fails utterly. The comedy isn't very funny and the romance isn't really coming across.Poor Sylvester who just winds up with directors who make crap of his every non-action-movie-attempt. Unfortunately Sly, you and the soundtrack are the best things about this movie! Rest in peace Anthony!
