Somewhere in Queens

Leo Russo (Ray Romano) lives a simple life in Queens, New York, with his wife Angela (Laurie Metcalf), their sensitive but talented teenage son “Sticks,” and Leo’s close-knit network of Italian-American relatives and neighborhood friends. Happy enough working in the family construction business alongside his father (Tony Lo Bianco) and younger brother (Sebastian Maniscalco), Leo lives each week for Sticks’ high-school basketball games, never missing a chance to cheer on his only child as he excels on the court. When the shy high-school senior gets a surprising shot at an athletic scholarship to play hoops in college, Leo jumps at the chance to provide a plan for his future, away from the family construction business. But when sudden heartbreak threatens to derail Sticks, Leo goes to unexpected and questionable lengths to keep his son on this new path. A love letter to the biggest borough in NYC and to flawed parents everywhere trying their best, Romano’s poignant and hilarious directorial debut brings his idiosyncratic comedic voice to the big screen with plenty of heart and humor, not to mention a killer ensemble cast.