Gara di famiglia

Every year the Gilbert family, parents Will and Carol and their kids, Gil, Lil, and Dil, get together and the kids compete for the Gilbert Cup. Dil has never won in the 25 years that they have been doing this, but this year is looking up. He is a successful lawyer, has a great apartment, a new car, and a new girlfriend. After his girlfriend, Katherine, invites herself along, he finds himself swept up in the competition. As he gets more annoyed with his family and Katherine, he runs into his childhood friend, April.

I thought this movie was pretty cute. Being a TV movie, it doesn't get the length needed to expand on the characters and plot, but the cast does a great job. Christopher Gorham as Dil perfectly balances a sweet boy-next-door cuteness with a kind of goofy sexiness. Charisma Carpenter as Katherine is wonderfully self-centered and aggressive. Terry Bradshaw as Will and Fiona Reed as Carol are great as the loving and misguided parents. Nicholas Brendan as Gil is good as the very competitive oldest brother and Jennifer Robertson is good as the sister with her own secrets. My favorite character was April, played wonderfully by Mayko Nguyen. She totally captured April's feelings for Dil and her pride and confidence in him as well as her sense of humor and playfulness.

I think that the movie is definitely worth the time and it is a great family movie.

I find this movie madness of the highest level. I loathe reality shows but this was beyond even them, stupid, stupid stupid. Anyone who sits through this film must be very easy to please for entertainment.

I enjoyed watching this ABC Family special, and all I can say is cute, cute, cute. Two things that came to my mind while watching the movie- 1) Good for Terry Bradshaw...life after football ain't so bad; and 2) Christopher Gorham is a hottie! I thought he was cute in 'Popular', but he's turned out better than I would have expected plus he's a good actor to boot. Hopefully he can get into a show that lasts longer than one season. I think he could be a mega star if he played his cards right.

This must have been so fun to film! I liked all the actors and they seemed to mesh really well together. The ending was predictable but that's not a bad thing. It is definitely worth watching with your family as it is a lighthearted, fun movie.