Little Italy Movie Download

8 / 10

Pizza Wars Deliver Good Rom Com Fun
In the Behind-the-Scenes segment of the DVD of “Little Italy,” the film artists described this feel-good movie as “an old school romantic comedy with a modern twist.” It was also mentioned that the original title for the film was “Pizza Wars.” By the end, the audience was treated to good, wholesome entertainment wrapped in a vicarious experience of mouth-watering pizzas.

Set primarily in Toronto, the community of “Little Italy” includes competing pizza establishments. For years, there has been a running feud between the two eateries, although the owners cannot even recall the source of the conflict. In the bonus track of the DVD, the film was described as a blend of the Hatfields vs. the McCoys and the Montagues vs. the Capulets in “Romeo and Juliet.”

The romance of the film was primarily in the relationship of the young people of the two rival pizza joints: Nikki and Leo. From the outset, there is never a doubt that they are deeply in love and that their love will triumph over the dissonance of their families.

The script was nicely built around a set of likable members of the two families. There was clever dialogue that kept returning to the decent values of “tradition, passion, and pride” in the making of pizzas. In the relationships, the major themes were “love, life, and cooking.”

The film was especially successful in skillfully incorporating the scenes in which the delicious pizza was made along with the romantic narrative. Perhaps the most imaginative scene was when the pizzas were laced with “reefer” that led to a misdemeanor arrest and a wild frisking scene of the proprietors. The cast was strong with outstanding performances from the young leads.

There may have been a stretch in comparing the making of pizzas to Rocky and the “eye of the tiger.” But the film was still great fun in the depiction of the two wild and wacky pizza families at war.Read More