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Mid-August Lunch Reviews

2009

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A middle-aged man on his uppers, lives with and looks after his elderly mother, as unpaid bills pile up around him. As the traditional Italian holiday weekend of the 15 August approaches, the hapless hero is potentially offered, at least a partial, solution to his pecuniary problems. His landlord, one of his friends and even .. Read more

Starring	Gianni Di Gregorio, Valeria De Franciscis, Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì
Director	Gianni Di Gregorio
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Click here to read our interview with the director of 'Mid-August Lunch'ÂItâs no secret that many Italian men stay... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
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  - 12 Aug 2009 at 03:41
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  wopywriter
  
  The best word to describe this film is charming. There are, thankfully, no special effects, no car chases (just a gentle scooter ride around Rome) and not much ... read more »
  
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  - Worthing
  - 28 Aug 2009 at 15:53
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  Mid August loveliness
  
  We thought that this film was excellent. Great location and subject matter. Film was just long enough and shared what seemed to be a typical Italian life. A ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Dec 2011 at 20:32
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  Un vero piacere…..really lovely character study….
  
  Italy is my country of birth and I lived in Rome for two years so I was eager to watch a movie in Italian with a Roman born and bred protagonist (Gianni Di ... read more »
  
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- - twosoddingcats
  - 80 reviews
  - Kingston-upon-Thames
  - 12 Dec 2011 at 12:41
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  August Enchantment
  
  As soon as you meet our hero you empathise with him, in spite of his difficulties he is patience itself with his mother. The film is utterly charming, you could... read more »
  
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- - Pudden
  - 14 reviews
  - 24 Oct 2011 at 15:11
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  How to survive a surfeit of the elderly.
  
  This film seems initially like it might be boring, but it was not at all. The way the main character coped with the increasingly complicated situation and the ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Oct 2011 at 11:30
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  The Italian Catering Caper
  
  Excellent. A gentle and amusing meander through the life of an Italian mummy's boy over the course of a holiday weekend. Quietly observed, rich in visual ... read more »
  
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- - RichPickings
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  - 'kin Bruges
  - 30 Jun 2011 at 11:03
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  Genuinely charming
  
  Very amusing film, sweet without being cloying, the hero is genuinely charming and the old ladies turn out to be much livelier than they at first appear. It'... read more »
  
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- - oldfashioned
  - 11 reviews
  - 30 May 2011 at 09:31
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  A charming film
  
  A charming film that made me smile. A long-suffering son tends his elderly mother and gets inveigled into looking after three other elderly women while their ... read more »
  
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  - 03 May 2011 at 07:51
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  A little pearl!
  
  A beautiful film set in Rome and presenting the issue of taking care of old age people.
  
  Witty, warm and with some great acting, especially from the ... read more »
  
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- - Vince68
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 01 Apr 2011 at 14:36
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  Il centro storico isterico di Roma
  
  Here’s an unexpected treat that really, really makes you appreciate just what a good comedy should be - a gentle start that winds you in and then, when you... read more »
  
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- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 07 Feb 2011 at 23:18
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  Mid-August Lunch
  
  Gianni Di Grigorio has written, directed and starred, as the character Gianni, in this delightful light comedy about an aspect of Italian life. Gianni is a 50 ... read more »
  
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- - Diogenes
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  - 03 Feb 2011 at 09:46
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  wopywriter
  
  The best word to describe this film is charming. There are, thankfully, no special effects, no car chases (just a gentle scooter ride around Rome) and not much ... read more »
  
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  - Worthing
  - 28 Aug 2009 at 15:53
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  no mafiosa in this one...
  
  ...yes it is charming, and exposes that perennial problem of Italian families...
  
  middle-age sons STILL living with their mamas!
  
  Italy is a... read more »
  
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- - Bernard Gudgeon
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  - 10 Dec 2009 at 19:11
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  How to survive a surfeit of the elderly.
  
  This film seems initially like it might be boring, but it was not at all. The way the main character coped with the increasingly complicated situation and the ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Oct 2011 at 11:30
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  A perfect little lunch
  
  Mid-August Lunch (terrible title - don't let it put you off) is a delicious helping of real Italy. All of Italy is at the sea-side. In the almost closed ... read more »
  
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- - Boulbon
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  - Chiswick
  - 20 Dec 2009 at 10:03
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  Short, but sweet
  
  This is a film in Italian with subtitles that is hard to call a comdey, but is the sort of film that makes you smile throughout. A middle aged Italian who lives... read more »
  
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  - Bexleyheath
  - 18 Jan 2010 at 07:59
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  Lovely - warm and human
  
  A potentially grim subject (lonely and mostly unwanted old women; adult child tied to his mother's needs) is deftly and lightly handled. The film is ... read more »
  
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  - Herne Bay
  - 21 Jan 2010 at 16:51
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  Bellisimo
  
  What a charming film.
  
  Nothing much happens - it is no action movie, but has a warmth this matches Italian summer.
  
  Italian with subtitles... read more »
  
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- - rickreed
  - 126 reviews
  - Windermere
  - 26 Feb 2010 at 12:52
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  Mid August Lunch
  
  Great movie!! Very realistic picture of how italians manage to go through difficulties, like elderly age and loneliness, with a ligfht spirit. My mum and I, ... read more »
  
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- - Titti
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  - Aberdeen Scotland
  - 22 Dec 2010 at 10:40
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  Perfection
  
  Wonderful, funny, and delightful little film. What makes it even more extraordinary is that the ladies in the movie are not actresses. Two were friends of the ... read more »
  
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- - fyldelass
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  - london
  - 26 Dec 2009 at 04:04
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  Disappointingly flat
  
  Was looking forward to this: middle-aged son gets several old ladies dumped on him for the bank holiday weekend when their families go away. Being skint, he has... read more »
  
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- - Noseyjoe
  - 167 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Mar 2010 at 09:18

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- Click here to read our interview with the director of 'Mid-August Lunch'ÂItâs no secret that many Italian men stay... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 12 Aug 2009 at 03:41

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  A middle-aged man on his uppers, lives with and looks after his elderly mother, as unpaid bills pile up around him. As the traditional Italian holiday weekend of the 15 August approaches, the hapless hero is potentially offered, at least a partial, solution to his pecuniary problems. His landlord, ...