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A Wedding for Bella
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By day, Dominic Pyzola (Baio) is a corporate raider and by night an Italian pastry chef. Upon learning that his upstairs neighbor and surrogate mother, Bella, has fallen seriously ill, he is determined to see Bella's longtime dream come true. When Dominic schemes to marry Bella's daughter two worlds collide in this touching, romantic tale of love, dreams and biscotti.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
- Director : Melissa Martin
- Media Format : Color, NTSC, Multiple Formats, Full Screen
- Run time : 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Release date : January 5, 2010
- Actors : Scott Baio, Kristen Minter, John Seitz, Rosemary Prinz, Billy Mott
- Studio : Screen Media
- ASIN : B002T4GX0G
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #208,278 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #7,899 in Romance (Movies & TV)
- #21,027 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Dominic Pyzola, played by Scott Baio, is a corporate raider by day and an Italian pastry chef by night/early morning. The woman, Bella, who is the Pyzola brothers surrogate mother, lives above the bakery and is dearly loved by everyone. She is a heck of a woman, deeply loving her husband, daughter and the three Pyzola brothers. She lives her life in a very positive manner and chooses to be joyful and thankful always. It is a beautiful portrayal. Towards the beginning Bella becomes ill. We watch as Dominic tries to do whatever he can to make sure Bella’s remaining time in this life is as happy and fulfilling as possible. Bella has always wanted to see her daughter married and Dominic schemes to get Bella’s daughter to marry him for the sake of her mother.
I was so completely caught up in this movie and loved the closeness of the family, the romance, the sweetness, the genuine love that seemed to touch every one and they just didn’t love but they loved deeply, beautifully, completely, unreservedly, and unconditionally.
One final observation: The actors were great and played their roles perfectly with emotion, love, strength, empathy, and much depth. Kudos to the fabulous Rosemary Prinz for her portrayal of the ill, but loving wife and mother, Bella. I would give anything to have a family member like her. She was brilliant!
The male lead, Dominic, is a 'local boy makes good success story' who is portrayed as a rather likeable character throughout, rather than the stereotypical successful male who needs a good woman to show him he needs to have a heart as well as a brain. There are hints given that his behavior in the past may not have been quite so likeable, but we don't see it on screen. The female lead, Lucca, is brilliant yet incredibly insecure and sees herself as a quitter. Dominic's two brothers, including the eldest brother Pino who is differently abled, are very different from him and yet they remain a tight-knit family.
While there were plenty of laugh out loud moments in the movie, there was a lot more depth to it than the usual RomCom. The movie addressed issues like when is it okay to be less than totally honest with your family, do we choose who we love, is success always worth the cost, and what would you do to make someone else happy in creative ways. No, there weren't a lot of unpredictable moments in this movie, but is that really why we watch RomComs?
If you want a movie that you can enjoy a lot while it also makes you think - I recommend A Wedding for Bella.
But then the movie takes strides outside of the genre of cheap films. You see, most cheap films have a cliche plot that you've predicted by the end. Although it isn't revolutionary as a plot, it does go outside of the cliche parameters. The movie seems less about actors and more about the characters. It feels real, with real emotions and seems much less like Hollywood and more of what you'd see in real life. It was a pleasant feature to finish.
He plays a frustrated baker who works in the corporate world by day and bakes biscotti by night. He has two wonderful brothers who work with him in the bakery, one of whom suffers from some mild mental incapacity, and the other who sees himself as something of a ladies man. All three are a very close warm family who have been looked after since the death of their parents by their upstairs neighbor, Bella and her husband. Bella's daughter, Lucca is away in the Peace Corps. She returns about mid-way during the film and plays a major role from that point onward.
For me, the star of this wonderful film is Bella herself. This actress plays this role so perfectly that I believed her every nuance, her every twinkle, her every tear. I felt as if she believed them too.
This film will make you laugh and cry and laugh all over again. I would heartily recommend it.