Solo Mio

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Not suitable under 10; parental guidance to 12 (adult themes, lack of interest for younger viewers)

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This topic contains:

  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for Solo Mio
  • a review of Solo Mio completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 9 March 2026.

Overall comments and recommendations

Children under 10 Not suitable due to adult themes and lack of interest.
Children aged 10–12 Parental guidance recommended due to adult themes.
Children aged 13 and over Ok for this age group.

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

Name of movie: Solo Mio
Classification: PG
Consumer advice lines: Mild themes and sexual references
Length: 96 minutes

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

On his wedding day, Matt Taylor (Kevin James) is jilted at the altar by his fiancé Heather (Julie Ann Emery). Heartbroken, he tries to cancel his ‘newly-wed tour’ in Italy, but is unable to do so. He is persuaded to continue the tour alone. In Rome, he meets up with two other couples on the tour who encourage him to enjoy his time in the eternal city. There, he meets an attractive café owner, Gia (Nicole Grimoudo).

The two grow close and Matt invites Gia on the tour to Tuscany which she readily takes up as she has relatives there, including her uncle, Andrea Boccelli. Matt finally admits to Gia that he was about to be married, which upsets Gia who returns to Rome. Matt has to find a way to get her back.

Themesinfo

Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.

Romance; Travel.

Use of violenceinfo

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

There is a little violence in this movie, including:

  • Matt accidentally hits a passenger with his cabin bag.
  • A woman called Claudia punches Matt in the face and knocks him out.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

  • Nothing further noted.

Aged five to eightinfo

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

  • Nothing further noted.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

  • Nothing further noted.

Product placement

  • None noted.

Sexual references

There are some sexual references in this movie, including:

  • A couple are seen together in bed, drinking wine. They hear Matt groaning from grief next door and think it’s something else.
  • A character says it’s “angina” not “vagina”.
  • Claudia ‘comes on’ to Matt, trying to seduce him. She tries to kiss him but he doesn’t respond. They are both drunk and Matt is seen flaked out on a bed in his shirt, jacket and jocks, with the implication that nothing happens.

Nudity and sexual activity

There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:

  • Matt and Heather kiss.
  • Matt and Gia kiss.

Use of substances

There is some use of substances in this movie, including:

  • Plenty of drinking throughout the movie in various settings.
  • Matt has a terrible hangover one morning.
  • A couple of characters smoke.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

  • For crying out loud
  • What the hell
  • Kiss my ass.

In a nutshell

Solo Mio is a romantic comedy set in the beautiful city of Rome and Tuscany. It features the singing of Andrea Boccelli and Ed Sheeran. Solo Mio is a very gentle movie, with nothing particularly scary or violent. However, due to the adult themes in the movie, it is best suited to teens and adults.

The main messages from this movie are to take risks in life and to live in the moment. Also, that no relationship is perfect and it requires effort on both sides.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

  • Resilience
  • Friendship
  • Encouragement
  • Dealing with heartbreak.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:

  • Setbacks in life should be seen as a challenge to overcome, not as a failure.