The Bread, My Sweet

I agree with the 7.3 rating.....I enjoyed this movie very much. Very touching and lovely. Not every movie has to be "important" and thought provoking. At the end of a stressful day, this was a great movie to unwind with.

This movie was so wonderful. My family was very close to Gemma, and she was indeed a wonderful person. She was an amazing woman, and we often made the comment "They don't make women like that anymore!" She was kind, considerate, and a true symbol for our Italian heritage. My family knows how important family and friends are and we try to carry on the traditions of the old world Italian's. The seven fish Christmas-Eve dinner is the most spectacular evening of the year. I'm sure one of our recipes came from Gemma. This movie is so warm and wonderful, I can't wait to buy it. Hats off to the producers, directors, and actors. Thank you, thank you, thank you.....

I thought this was a very well done, though very low budget, movie. Scott Baio surprised me with his acting talent. He was serious, moody and passionate - about bread. Though I liked the romantic story line of the film I did not think it showed as much passion as it should have. Having said that, the film is still a very good and moving love story. The story lines following the brothers and the elderly ethnic couple were very touching. I would recommend this to any romantic at heart.

The rental box compared it to Moonstruck and Big Fat Greek Wedding. Besides the ethnic aspect I don't think that offers much of a comparison. This film was much deeper and dealt with more serious subjects than those two comedies did.

Very good movie. Check it out and see for yourself.

I had hoped this would be a light romantic film and the critic's reviews were certainly encouraging. Still it seemed like it might be a made for television movie, simple and sweet but nothing extraordinary. It was wonderfully surprising though. I thought the scheme to marry to make the mother happy would be unbelievable but they pulled it off. It actually had a very realistic touch to the writing. And the direction was superb, very subtle, again keeping the character's realistic. All of the cast were terrific but Scott Baio, Kristen Minter and Rosemary Prinz were incredible. Definitely a sleeper, very heartwarming and incredibly well done! One of the greatest unknown romantic gem's you'll ever find.

At first, I liked this movie because it's set almost entirely in the Strip District of Pittsburgh (a favorite haunt of mine & my husband's), and truly reflects the spirit of the place. The bakery interiors look like they were shot inside the real Enrico Biscotti, a great Italian bakery in the Strip--apparently the owner/baker is the director's husband. The Strip District is Pittsburgh's foodie heaven, so I was drawn into watching this one afternoon. But the sweet, character-driven story is what kept me watching. I've lived in Pittsburgh for 40 years, and these characters are realistic, not stereotypes. Scott Baio has definitely moved beyond "Happy Days", and the rest of the cast does a fine job. I love that his character spends his time away from his soulless corporate job baking, not only because his brothers work there and need their jobs, but because it keeps him grounded. I think of this film as a little gem. It's a sweet story, fairly well told.