Comedies involving Checco Zalone

Checco Zalone was credited as writer and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 32 years old.
Cado dalle nubi
      2009 | Italy | Laughs: 7.5 (Laugh Out Loud) | imdb: 6.4
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This is the fourth of Checco's movie that we watched. Even though the machine-translated subtitles were awful, it made us laugh the most, perhaps because it was the most raw. The movie follows a not-so-young man from the South of Italy who moves to Milan (in the North) to try his luck as a singer. The script cashes in on the stereotype of ignorant southerners vs. snobbish northerners, and it works. (Last viewed: September 2017)

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Checco Zalone was credited as writer and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 34 years old.
What a Beautiful Day (Che Bella Giornata)
      2011 | Italy | Laughs: 7.1 (Laugh and Smile) | imdb: 6.2
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Thanks to some string-pulling, an incompetent security guard obtains a job with the Catholic church. An attractive would-be terrorist of Arab origins selects him as the perfect vehicle to carry explosives into a monument.

This movie was a great excuse to showcase caricatures of Italian national traits. I'm sure some of the regional nuances were lost on me, but I laughed a couple of times and thoroughly enjoyed the humor. The funniest Italian comedy I'd seen in a while.

The weakest part is the poster, which, incredibly, does not show Checco's female counterpart. (Last viewed: August 2017)

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Checco Zalone was credited as writer and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 39 years old.
Quo vado?
      2016 | Italy | Laughs: 5.5 (Laugh and Smile) | imdb: 6.6
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A man who has a job for life in regional government is sent from place to place as the central administration tries everything to make him accept ever more alluring offers for early retirement. This was a great surprise—I love foreign comedies that are easy to follow while revealing lots about the local culture. Apparently as of this movie's release Checcho Zalone had become a dominant figure in contemporary Italian comedy. I'll be sure to check out his other works. (Last viewed: August 2017)

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Checco Zalone was credited as writer and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 36 years old.
Sun in Buckets (Sole a catinelle)
      2013 | Italy | Laughs: 5.0 (Watch Once) | imdb: 6.3
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A nearly-bankrupt door-to-door salesman who has promised to take his son on a vacation gets "adopted" by a wealthy crowd where his rough manners work wonders. Not much will surprise you in this classic fish-out-of-water scenario. I laughed a couple of times, but the script isn't nearly as tight or pleasant as in Checco's two subsequent movies, Que Bella Giornata and Quo Vado. (Last viewed: August 2017)

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Checco Zalone was credited as writer, director and actor in the following film.
At the time, he would have been about 43 years old.
Tolo Tolo
      2020 | Italy | Laughs: 1.2 (Don't Bother) | imdb: 5.8
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To escape his debts, a Southern entrepreneur flees to Africa, but soon undertakes a trip back to Europe along with refugees and economic migrants.

I've enjoyed Checco Zalone's other films, but this one made me cringe, less for comical awkward situations than for how clumsily it was put together. It's the first film that Checco directed: the results were better when he stuck to writing and acting. Skip.
(Last viewed: May 2022)

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