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Mambo Italiano

Summary: The son of Italian immigrants to Canada struggles to find the best way to reveal to his parents that he's gay.

Release Date: September 19, 2003

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Émile Gaudreault

Writers: Steve Galluccio

, Émile Gaudreault

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cinémaginaire Inc., Equinoxe Films, The Harold Greenberg Fund

Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Country: Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,253,026

International: $ 3,385,232

Box office:

Budget:$5MDomestic:$6.3MInternational:$3.4MWorldwide:$9.6M

Adaptation/remake:

34%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 34% higher than the critics.

32%66%

The Metacritic audience rated this 36% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

41/100

Metacritic User:

77/100

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44% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

18% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White82.35%Asian5.88%Black5.88%Latino5.88%

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LGBTQ content included:

gay son, gay, homosexual, gay kiss, gay relationship, gay sex, gay couple, bisexual

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MAMBO ITALIANO

Content: -4 Intentional blasphemy, evil, gross immorality, and/or worldview problems. (To be avoided)

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Aug 10th 2012

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