This had some potential, but ( 3/10 ) ( potential spoilers )

I like Ray Romano. He seems like a talented actor, director and producer and played some great characters in some excellent series.

The problem with "Somewhere In Queens" is that its portrayal of Italians was kind of negative, and particularly Ray's character's family.

First, Laurie Metcalf, is really showing a lot of range in the parts she's been playing - she was great in this. All the actors played their parts well.

The two things that bothered me, personally, where first who calls their kid "Sticks" - because he has spindly legs. What kind of poor kid wants to go through life - at least to high school or college? They used this nickname almost 100% of the time and it was glaring. Then, today, it's hard to imagine how this kid Matthew/Sticks could grow up so naive. The family seemed dysfunctional at many levels.

The other thing that got annoying and stuck out like a sore thumb was the constant references to the movie "Rocky". Movies should not refer to much or lean to strongly on other movies, even if they think they are great.

Glad I watched it, but I would not watch it again nor could I recommend it.