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11.06.2022 - 01:45 / deadline.com
Ray Romano tonight makes his directorial debut with the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Somewhere In Queens. While this affable guy made a fortune starring in one of the biggest sitcoms of all time, then headlined the animated franchise Ice Age and went on to become the rare sitcom star to succeed as a dramatic actor in films including Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Romano doesn’t try to hide the nervousness he feels before tonight’s 8 PM premiere at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Or the almost paralyzing anxiety he felt at the prospect of making the film.
Romano stars as the son of an Italian construction business owner who toils unappreciated in dad’s business along with everyone else in the family. Life with his wife (Laurie Metcalf) in Queens is unexceptional, except when Leo watches his son Sticks (Jacob Ward) play high school basketball. The kid excels, and dad revels in the youth’s ever success, and the plaudits dad receives from fans and the parents of teammates. It’s the kind of adulation he does not get from his father (Tony Lo Bianco), brother (Sebastian Maniscalco) and their tight knit Italian family. Sticks gets a girlfriend (Sadie Stanley), who boosts his confidence enough to seek a scholarship at a Division One school. When Dani abruptly dumps Sticks, Leo is threatened with permanently losing his vicarious athletic thrill, and Leo goes from a passive participant to something more. From the Queens locations where Romano grew up to touchstones of his own life in the script — including the strict adherence to the Italian tradition of endless Sunday dinners — Romano has put a lot of himself into the film. Last time he tapped his life for material, the result was Everybody Loves Raymond.
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Michael Nordine authorIt may come as a surprise to anyone who only knows him from the sitcom that made him a household name, but Ray Romano can really act. This first became apparent to many via his performance in “Parenthood,” Jason Katims’ small-screen adaptation of the Ron Howard movie that surpassed its source material in every way, and was further solidified when he held his own against Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in “The Irishman.” As it turns out, Romano can also direct.
Although Ray Romano has dabbled in writing quite a bit, including a series he created called Men of a Certain Age, the star (best known for the Emmy winning sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, which certainly contained lots of material drawn from his own life and family experiences) is now moving to the big screen with perhaps his most ambitious project yet. The film, Somewhere In Queens, draws its comedy and drama from a very somewhat overbearing but likeable and recognizable Italian American family.
Ray Romano is a good actor, and seems like a nice guy. These are the two primary takeaways from “Somewhere in Queens,” which the stand-up comedian, character actor, and sitcom star co-wrote, co-produced, directed, and starred in.