How ‘Nonnas’ serves up love and healing through grandmother's recipes

I DON’T know about you, but seeing Vince Vaughn on screen is always a treat. From Wedding Crashers to Dodgeball, the man’s unmatched comedic timing makes him a walking punch-line with heart.

- BERNELEE VOLLMER

So it was surprising (in a good way) to see him in something a little more grounded and heartfelt. Vaughn's been lighting up our screens since the mid'90s, but Netflix's Nonnas lets him flex some emotional muscle we rarely see.

And you know what? He pulls it off.

Nonnas, based on a true story, is a love letter to the women who've kept families full, connected and comforted for generations: grandmothers, mothers, aunties. And through food, glorious, healing, life-giving food.

From homemade pasta to the kind of soup that could cure a heartbreak, the film wraps you up in nostalgia from the first scene. Joe (Vaughn) is mourning the loss of his mother. He's stuck. But memories of their kitchen rituals, lit like golden snapshots from childhood, stir something deep.