I enjoyed the trailer and thought this would be fun. It's terrible. There are a few laughs but not many and for the most part, the story makes no sense. Yes, I know it's a comedy but even a comedy needs to take place in a consistent world. We are supposed to believe Toni Collette's character is an innocent fish out of water, but her character is so crass and vulgar that there isn't much of a contrast between her and the gangsters, yet we are clearly supposed to see a contrast and view her as a "good person". When she arrives at the funeral of the grandfather she's never met, she doesn't seem to care because she didn't know him and has no empathy for anyone else that might feel some grief. She makes it clear to anyone who will listen that her primary reason for going to Rome is to have fun and get F*@#ed! The gangsters show more sensitivity.
There is a strange character arc for Toni Collette's character. She continues to run her mafia family while still being a "good person" but she learns the positive value of being more focused on herself rather than others. She also learns that she doesn't need a man. Another weird point is that her cheating husband is put down for being a grown man working at Starbucks yet none of the gangsters are looked down upon for their way of making a living.
There is a strange character arc for Toni Collette's character. She continues to run her mafia family while still being a "good person" but she learns the positive value of being more focused on herself rather than others. She also learns that she doesn't need a man. Another weird point is that her cheating husband is put down for being a grown man working at Starbucks yet none of the gangsters are looked down upon for their way of making a living.