"Mixed Reviews for 'About My Father' Starring Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro"

Sebastian Maniscalco's film debut in About My Father is an unfunny, over-the-top generational comedy that feels like it was written in the mid- to late-1960s. Robert De Niro, the oldest person in the cast, has the most energy and tries to help the cause, but the actors seem like they've been asked to perform at full volume. The film is filled with PG-13-level crude humor and lacks any real pulse or engaging dialogue. De Niro's good-natured wallowing in his own Italianism proves refreshing after so much bland Waspiness.