Pros: alternately hilarious and heartbreaking Cons: apparently some viewers cannot tolerate comedy and horror in the same package
I think that "Malena" is a better film than many of the other Italian films set in fascist times that have been honored as "best foreign language films": Me
diterraneo,
The Garden of the ...
Pros: filming, directing and Bellucci - gorgeous Cons: some slow parts
Sweetly sentimental and at the same time harsh, Malèna becomes the Italian Summer of 42. However we are in the middle of this war, not at home receiving correspondence.
Artfully directed by Guiseppe Tornatore, we watch a...
Pros: Profound themes, strong performances by the leads, great soundtrack and cinematography, stunningly gorgeous Monica Belluci Cons: Don't pick this film when you're looking for breezy, joyous entertainment
Calumny is a little breeze, a gentle zephyr, which insensibly, subtly, lightly and sweetly, commences to whisper. Softly softly, here and there, sottovoce, sibilant, it goes gliding, it goes rambling. Into the ears of the people, it penetrates slyly ...
Pros: A wonderfully told coming-of-age story Cons: Horrible subtitling
There is, in the life of many men, a mythic female figure: the first love. Since puberty hits a boy around 12-13 years of age, and many girls of that age just don’t have yet the physical attributes that can stir a man’s fantasy, a boy’s first ...
Pros: Nostalgic World War II coming-of-age saga Cons: Wooden performances, lack of originality
Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore ("Cinema Paradiso"), this coming-of-age World War II allegory is told from the perspective of a 13 year-old Sicilian boy who is sexually obsessed with Malena, the local beauty played by Monica...
Pros: Good acting by Giuseppi Sulfaro, several funny scenes Cons: Very dark second half is too much to take
Malena - Puberty is that time in a boy's life when everything feels like it's breaking down: your joints throb with growing pains, your voice takes on the qualities of a rusty hinge, hair starts growing in strange places, and you begin to feel very self...
Pros: Benato pees in a purse Cons: It wasn't Malena's purse
I loved "Cinema Paradiso" so I thought this "Malena" would be just as charming. After all, they are from the same Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore. But after adding it all up, the charm was mostly fluff.
Pros: Stunningly beautiful impressionistic transporting vision of two lives in fascist Italy. Cons: Too conscious of the film medium. The auteur is a bit too clever.
Updated May 23, 2001. (Editor's Note: I kind of liked the original review which was an impressionistic essay about what I felt from watching the film, basically ignoring the plot (which basically fits in with the European style of film...
Pros: Charming period piece Cons: Some unexpected violence
I saw this movie on a Saturday afternoon after Italian class, hoping primarily to catch a word or two, but not knowing what the movie was about. I was charmed by its pace and find myself thinking about this movie more than I thought I would. Directed by...
I had such high expectations for 'Malena' yet I came away wishing for more than delivered.
Sure, the movie offers us the curvy Malena (played by Monica Belluci), which is honestly one of the best things about the movie. Her physical beauty...
Pros: beautiful story, great acting, well filmed Cons: none for me
Malena is one of the top movies I’ve seen this year. I hate giving away plots, so I might seem a little vague. Malena is undeniably a ‘coming of age film” to say the least. Set in a small backwards Sicilian town, back in the days of ...
Pros: Portrays characters dealing with real life issues Cons: A period piece that may not appeal to everyone
Simply put, "Malena" tells the story of a 12-year-old boy's obsessive crush on a beautiful woman in her 20's during the second world war in Sicily. Actually, the Guiseppe Tornatore directed film portrays man's inhumanity to man in the way women are ...
Pros: good coming of age story during WW2 Cons: duration
This is another coming of age film done by Guiseppe Tornatore. The story is told by Renato(Guiseppe Sulfaro). Malena(Monica Belluci) is a beautiful war widow enduring cat calls from the local youth, the gossip of matrons, and middle-age men who court...
While there have been many noteworthy Italian films that have been moving artistic accomplishments (two relatively recent ones being Cinema Paradiso and Life is Beautiful), THIS AIN'T ONE OF THEM. The only reason for watching this movie is Monica...
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