Nonnas - serves up big bowls of love

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NONNAS

2025

Running time: 1hr 51 min

Director: Stephen Chbosky

Executive Producer: Vince Vaughan

Starring: Vince Vaughan, Joe Manganiello, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Susan Sarandon, Brenda Vaccaro, Drea De Matteo, Linda Cardellini

Nonnas just came out today on Netflix, and I had to watch it immediately.  This movie is based on a true story about a restaurant in Staten Island where the cooks are all Nonnas.

Vince Vaughan plays Joe,  a man who lost his beloved mother and decides to open a restaurant and have Nonnas cook the food and make it more than just a restaurant but a place that feels like home.  He is a mechanic and has no restaurant experience, but he remembers his mother's cooking and how it made him feel, and he wants that feeling back.

This is the kind of movie I want to see more of put into the world, instead of all the violent smash em up shoot up or depressing war films where you leave a film feeling angry.  This isn't that kind of film.

You will feel like eating a bowl of fresh pasta, made by your mother or Nonna.  Maybe not mine, though, because neither one knew how to make real fresh pasta and authentic tomato sauce.

The film is dripping with seasoned, talented actors.  The characters feel like they stepped off a Staten Island, NY street and onto the screen.

The story revolves around shared grieving and building a family from strangers that form a connection over a shared goal and food.

Yes, it's always about food, and that's why I am posting this review on my Starving Foodie Blog instead of my Film Blog.  

The food in the movie may have you gagging in one scene and drooling and hungry in the rest.

This film has so much heart in it.  It's in the food and on the screen.  

My previous review was about a Jewish family, and this one is about a found Italian family, but they have passion and food in common.

If you have Netflix, please check out this movie, and if you can watch it with your family, and some great Italian food.

If I were giving it a heart instead of a star rating, it would be

If this movie doesn't get to you, then you need to work on your heart chakra!