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Note: Anyone can add to this page as I haven't seen the movie, but I've seen enough scenes to get an idea of the film's quality.
Little Italy is a 2018 Canadian-American romantic comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, based on a screenplay by Steve Galluccio and Vinay Virmani. The film stars Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Alyssa Milano, Adam Ferrara, Gary Basaraba, Linda Kash, Andrew Phung, Cristina Rosato, Danny Aiello, and Andrea Martin. The film features Aiello's final film appearance before his death in 2019.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Lots of stereotypes especially Italian ones.
 * 2) Waste the talents of Hayden Christiansen and Danny Aiello.
 * 3) The extras always stop to watch what the actors are doing, which really breaks the immersion.
 * 4) Pizza is present in almost every scene.
 * 5) Some cliché romance movie tropes like the chase in the airport.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It has an element of it's so bad, it's good.

Reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 17% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 4.12/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 28 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews."

The movie was widely mocked as one of the worst movies of the year. For example, it was the pick for episode 206 of the popular, weekly podcast How Did This Get Made?, which discusses unusually terrible films. When trailers were released confirming it was an actual movie, the film was widely mocked on social media and failed to get a wide theatrical release, screening in just a handful of theatres and being made available On Demand while still in theatres

2010s films]] Romance films]]