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May 26, 2023 · About My Father: Directed by Laura Terruso. With Robert De Niro, Sebastian Maniscalco, Leslie Bibb, Kim Cattrall. When Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents.
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- Comedy
- Laura Terruso
- 2023-05-26
May 26, 2023 · The film centers around Sebastian (Maniscalco) who is encouraged by his fiancée (Leslie Bibb) to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo (De Niro), to a weekend get-together with her...
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- Laura Terruso
- PG-13
- Sebastian Maniscalco
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Sebastian informs his traditional Italian (Sicilian) Americanfather Salvo about his plan to propose to his American girlfriend, and Salvo insists on joining them for a weekend with her parents. Despite the clash between their two cultures and initial perception of having nothing in common, they eventually become a single, unified family by the end ...
On April 26, 2018, it was announced that Sebastian Maniscalco was set to star in an untitled film for Lionsgate, inspired by his life, with Austen Earl attached to co-write the screenplay alongside Maniscalco. There were no further developments until May 12, 2021, when it was announced that Laura Terruso was set to direct the film and Robert De Nir...
The film was released by Lionsgateon May 26, 2023. About My Father was released for digital platforms on June 16, 2023, followed by a Blu-ray and DVDrelease on August 1, 2023.
Box office
About My Fathergrossed $12.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $6.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $18.2 million. In the United States and Canada, About My Father was released alongside The Little Mermaid, Kandahar, The Machine, and You Hurt My Feelings, was projected to gross $5–6 million from 2,400 theaters over its four-day Memorial Day opening weekend. The film made $1.5 million on its first day, including $285,000 from Thursday night previews. It went o...
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 36% of 86 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "About My Father finds star/co-writer Sebastian Maniscalco drawing on his own life for material -- and inadvertently proving that a funny standup routine doesn't necessarily make for an entertaining film." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 39 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally unfav...
Accolades
At the 44th Golden Raspberry Awards, the film was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress for Kim Cattrall.
May 26, 2023 · Maniscalco's character is an attractive middle-aged man named Sebastian whose father, Salvo (De Niro), a widowed hairdresser, holds his late wife's wedding ring in reserve until he can check out whatever family his boy decides to marry into.
Feb 22, 2023 · You can go to the movie theater to watch Robert De Niro’s new film About My Father, one of the 2023 movies. The comedy sees the two-time Oscar Winner play a headstrong Italian-American father whose commitment to tradition clashes with his son’s efforts to make a good impression on his fiancé’s parents.
- Terrell Smith
May 25, 2023 · Sebastian Maniscalco, left, plays a young man engaged to a wealthy woman and Robert De Niro is his dad in “About My Father.” Credit... Dan Anderson/Lionsgate
Sebastian Maniscalco and two-time Oscar® winner Robert De Niro star in this hysterical father-son comedy about a clash of cultures between two families at a weekend get-together.
