If you loved He's All That, try La Dolce Villa

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. La Dolce Villa has roughly 6.8× fewer votes than He's All That — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Mark Waters, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to He's All That, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What La Dolce Villa is

Here's a film that thinks it knows what middle-aged Americans want. A dad follows his daughter to Tuscany to dissuade her from a real estate mistake, but finds his own Italian cliché. The scenery gets top billing, as usual.

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