Loose Cannons is the newest movie by Ferzan Ozpetek, starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo and Alessandro Preziosi.

Plot:
A while ago, Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio) moved from his small home town to Rome, started to study literature (instead of economics) and got himself a boyfriend (instead of a girlfriend). All without the knowledge of his family, of course. But he finally decided to come clean with his family. But before he can come out of the closet, his brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) beats him to it with his own coming out, triggering a heart-attack in their father and suddenly, Tommaso is stuck with taking care of the family business and the family itself – and still nobody knows about him.

Summer in the cinema; and all you get to see are sweet, funny but ultimately inconsequential movies. At least, that’s what it feels like sometimes – and Loose Cannons won’t make you feel any differently. Still, it’s entertaining and you can do much worse than to spend your time with it.

Loose Cannons is shallow, without being stupid. Which is very nice. Especially since they steer clear of most clichés. Although when Tommaso’s friends from Rome visit, the stereotypes are plenty. But since they’re charmingly done, they shall be forgiven. They also made for good laughs.

Unfortunately, except for Tommaso, the characters get too little time and too many quirks, so it feels like we never really get to know them. On the one hand, I like quirky. On the other hand, there was so much weird, it got a little much.

As director, Ozpetek was a little weird. He had quite a few scenes where the camera just revolves and revolves and revolves around the characters. And then, there was a Tramezzini montage. And I’m not even kidding. He-biting into a tramezzini-smiles-she-biting into a tramezzini-smiles, wash, rinse, repeat.

The ending came a bit out of nowhere, though. I liked the grandmother’s story in general – it was beautifully done – but the sudden combination with the present storyline was surprising and unnecessary.

Summarising: Very watchable, but no must-see.