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Malèna

2000

Giuseppe Tornatore

Monica Bellucci, Giusseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana ...

6.6

7,253

Drama. Romance. Comedy Amid the climax of chaos and tragedy of World War II, the breathtakingly gorgeous Malèna (Monica Bellucci) becomes the target of lust and ferocious gossip by the townsmen and their jealous wives in a sleepy Sicilian village. Only her most ardent admirer, young Renato Amoroso, will learn her untold story - and secrets. As Malèna struggles to survive with every resource at her disposal, she inspires Renato to new heights of compassion, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	George Perry BBC	"It ought to work better than it does. Giuseppe Tornatore's film (...) Tornatore's characters are stereotypical and grotesque."	NEG
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Flushed with emotion and a buoyant earthy humor, 'Malena' is a yarn that sticks with you"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"The cinematography is beautifully executed. But Tornatore has yet to recapture the magic of Cinema Paradiso"	NEU
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"This is not the writer/director's most accomplished feature, but it offers a strong central character, an interesting historical subtext, and a coming-of-age narrative that most people will be able to relate"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"You wish that Malena's inner life had been given as much accent as her outer charms"	NEU
United States	Jack Mathews New York Daily News	"If Mussolini had a Monica Bellucci to inspire his troops, we might still be trying to take Palermo"	POS
United States	David Rooney Variety	"Combining a coming-of-age story with the sad odyssey of a woman punished for her beauty, the film ultimately has too little depth"	NEU
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"Malena the film is as beautiful and seductive as its heroine"	POS

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