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Little Italy (2018) — Stream on Peacock · CriticCrunch

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Little Italy

Movie2018·101 min

Little Italy

Directed by Donald Petrie

A comedy romance film directed by Donald Petrie.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 39%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.6/10

721 ratings

About Little Italy

Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Cozy, Playful
Story Tags: forbidden love, family dysfunction, coming of age, food culinary, urban, small town, romantic partners, rivals, everyman, fish out of water, slow burn reveal, romcom meet cute

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Details

Director: Donald Petrie
Language: English

Cast

Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Alyssa Milano

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How Little Italy Ranks

All movies

Top 39%

2010s movies

Top 33%

Comedy movies

Top 35%

2010s Comedy movies

Top 25%

★Donald Petrie films#3 of 11

Top 39% All movies.

the vibe

Little Italy Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleeasy to followfunnyintimateheartfelt

cozy

playful

What it's about

fish out of waterslow-burn revealforbidden lovefamily dysfunctioncoming of ageeverymanromantic partnersrivalsfood culinarymeet-cuteurbansmall town

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

cozycozy