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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Moonstruck, it turns family expectations and an inconvenient romantic prospect into a warm, witty New York love story, with mature characters and a lived-in ethnic-community texture.
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Why this pick
Jewison again balances grand romantic destiny with comic friction and emotional sincerity; its heroine’s leap toward unexpected love carries the same buoyant, old-fashioned sweep.
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Why this pick
A tender, unshowy romance shaped by Italian-American family pressure and a lonely protagonist’s chance at happiness—less flamboyant than Moonstruck, but similarly compassionate and funny.
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Why this pick
This sharp New York romantic comedy earns its affection through combative chemistry, vulnerable adults and everyday domestic messiness rather than glossy fantasy.
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Why this pick
A matchmaking setup, strong-willed heroine and sparkling arguments give it a pleasingly theatrical romantic-comedy energy, while its Irish village setting supplies communal warmth.
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01 / THE STORY
Thirty-seven-year-old Loretta Castorini, an Italian-American widow, lives in Brooklyn Heights, New York, with her family: father Cosmo; mother Rose; and paternal grandfather. Her boyfriend, Johnny Cammareri, proposes to her before leaving for Sicily to be with his dying mother; Loretta is insistent that they carefully follow tradition as she believes her first marriage was cursed by her failure to do so, resulting in her husband's death after two years. Johnny asks Loretta to invite his estranged younger brother Ronny to the wedding. Loretta returns home and informs her parents of the engagement. Cosmo dislikes Johnny and is reluctant to pay for the "real" wedding that Loretta insists on, while Rose is pleased that Loretta likes Johnny but does not love him; she believes that one can easily be hurt by a partner whom one loves.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Loretta Castorini
Ronny Cammareri
Cosmo Castorini
Rose Castorini
John Cammareri
Rita Cappomaggi
Perry
Raymond Capomaggi
