The Whole Shebang (2001)
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45% of users liked it
(95 ratings)
Documentary filmmaker George Zaloom takes his first stab at fiction with this comedy about a family dominated both literally and figuratively by explosive personalities. Pop Bazinni (Giancarlo Gianini) is an Italian expatriate who runs his family's fireworks business in New Jersey. After his son… More Documentary filmmaker George Zaloom takes his first stab at fiction with this comedy about a family dominated both literally and figuratively by explosive personalities. Pop Bazinni (Giancarlo Gianini) is an Italian expatriate who runs his family's fireworks business in New Jersey. After his son dies in a explosion in a storage shed, Pop needs a new second in command, and his cousin, Giovanni (Stanley Tucci), is sent from Italy to help with the business, though Giovanni was chosen less for his business acumen than because he needed a change of scenery after a messy breakup with his girlfriend, Maria (Jo Champa), has left him horribly depressed. As Giovanni learns the ropes of both the fireworks business and life in America, Val (Bridget Fonda), the young widow of Pop's late son, finds herself the focus of the loutish romantic advances of Joey Zito (Anthony DeSando), whose mother (Anna Maria Alberghetti) runs a rival fireworks company eager to find out the secret formulas behind the Bazinni's products. Talia Shire and Alexander Milani head up the film's supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Zaloom
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Feb 11, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Lions Gate Films
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Frankly I've very little idea what to make of this exceedingly weird and consistently mawkish rom-com.
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Cast
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Stanley Tucci
as Giovanni Bazinni
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Bridget Fonda
as Valentina Bazinni
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Giancarlo Giannini
as Pop Bazinni
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Talia Shire
as Contessa Bazinni
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Anna Maria Alberghetti
as Lady Zito
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Anthony De Sando
as Joey Zito
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Alexander Milani
as Robert Bazinni
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Jo Champa
as Maria
- Anthony DeSando
- Jason Schombing
- John Cassini
- Karin Konoval
