The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought home by Vince (Garcia), the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.... (Full plot summary below)
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The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought home by Vince (Garcia), the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.
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| San Francisco ChronicleAmy BiancolliYou needn't have colorful Italian relatives, like myself, to enjoy this boisterous and warm-hearted film, which sidesteps cliche while embracing the hope and love in loony dysfunctional families everywhere. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperWriter/director Raymond De Felitta has an uncommon talent for creating simple but compelling characters. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea Chaseone of the best films of 2010. It finds the absolute magic of family life gone right, even as it seems to be going very, very wrong |
| Kansas City StarJason HeckThe sentiment feels real and the payoffs feel earned, and those things are worth the price of admission. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsA charming throwback filled with authentic characters. |
| New York PostLou LumenickFor me, the movie's high point comes when Tony auditions for a role in a Martin Scorsese movie. Tony learns not to try so hard -- a lesson that Garcia also seems to have absorbed from City Island. |
| Washington PostJohn AndersonIn this story, everyone, man or woman, is a walled fortress of paranoia, secrecy, unsatisfied yearnings and anger-at-low-tide, all of which will rise and collapse over the course of what is a very funny film, and one that operates at the sea level of humanity. Quaint. Slightly peculiar. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfCity Island doesn't achieve a secure heartfelt resonance, and while I don't fault it for trying, it's not easy to watch the film strain so hard to achieve so little. |
| MovieTime, ABC Radio NationalJason Di RossoThe film has a likable, warm-hearted compassion for its characters. This generosity of spirit won my affection. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneAlison GangDe Felitta chose well by casting 24-year-old actor Steven Strait, who gives the exasperated convict humor, charm, and sex appeal - something that doesn't go unnoticed by Joyce, or many of the women in the audience as well. |
