From It-lee! Directed by giovanni bognetti. When the two children (alessandra and emilio) move out, the parents (carlo and amelia) have empty nest syndrome. They are missing the children, who never call and seem to have forgotten the parentals. But we see that the parents are equally at fault. The running gag where emilio keeps getting accidentally beat up gets old. When a relative tells the kids the parents have come into money, they show up at the parents' house. To make it all look real, the parentals buy fancy clothes and rent fancy cars. And pretend to give huge donations to silly organizations. Which the kids resent, of course. When the parents finally decide to tell the kids there is no big inheritance, they even lie about that. It's pretty good! The ending is a bit over the top, but it is a family farce. I fear that some of the humor was lost in translation. The translation in subtitles into english was actually very well done. The opening credits say this is based on the french film "mes tres chers enfants", by alexandra leclere. That film is called "the price of parenting" in some countries. It's good, lightweight stuff. Nothing too serious.

This movie from Italy comes with a very childish script. The premise based on "empty nesters" trying to get their adult children to remain involved in their lives. They concoct a story to do this but it spirals out of control. The pace is slow, and the plot a bit thin on the ground. After a while, the movie seems to go nowhere and interest is lost. The acting seems forced and it perhaps is more geared to a local target audience in its country or origin rather than aiming for global appeal. The humor does not translate well. Discontinued watching half way through the film as it really did not hold interest.