Domante Urmonaite
One of the best movies I have ever seen. Because of the feeling I can't get away after I saw it. for me director's work with the actor was more than amazing. this movie was very touching because of that one scene which could never be better.the timing of the funeral scene is just perfect. i mean you couldn't do better - you want to see more and that's the moment when the scene ends. just perfect. first scene and that scene is connected together, but it doesn't matter if you see those scenes with the English subtitles or not. there are still enough emotions. i would really like to suggest this movie to everyone: it doesn't matter if you feel sad or happy, that will touch you. and i mean it.and that is the main reason why we are doing movies at all.
Armand
full of good intentions. too large, almost confuse, chaotic, stage for many characters and acts.seductive. for its nuances. interesting. for family links as bricks. power. for the image of present Italy. sad. for the steps of sense search. sweet. for the colors of love. strange. for the presence of past as seed of a kind of happiness. romantic. for the courage to discover feelings, errors, hopes of an ordinary character who may be each man. profound. for the science to travel in the womb of unspoken words. beautiful. for its honesty, for a lot of image, for fragile gestures, for the dust and beach and kids and a fight without recipes or winner. nice. for presence of Raoul Bova in strange role and for problem of Romanians in Italy as not minor detail. out of description. for science to tell a story as mirror of each existence.
caughlan_anne
I saw this movie in Vancouver, after having seen 15 movies selected from across the spectrum. I thoroughly enjoyed the script, the acting and the direction. I am very sensitive to generalizations of race or culture, and resent themes that play to a lowest common denominator and therefore I was constantly being relieved when an obvious theme of Italian culture - like loyalty among family was given a modern and genuine lift...at every stage I thought the script presented us with the obvious assumptions we have of Italians and then took us to a more subtle and thoughtfull response - never more so than when the character of Claudio confronts the young Romanian son of the immigrant worker and tries to tell him 'what's what' in the real world. The young man, more wise and thoughtful of the two forces Claudio to re-think his position. Personal growth, hope - what else can we want? My only complaint? The theme song played one too many times for me....
aguasmarked
Elio Germano is a good actor. He shared the best actor prize at the Cannes film festival with Javier Bardem. Okay. But the film is absolutely irritating. Nothing makes sense, emotionally or psychologically. It is one of the flimsiest but pretensions scripts in recent history. I kept looking at the screen and asking myself, what?! Germano, a construction worker finds the remains of an illegal immigrant under the site and doesn't report it, fearing the construction may be stop and he'll be out of a job. His pregnant wife dies giving birth at their third child and Germano seems to forget about her within a very small amount of time and takes off with the widow of the dead illegal immigrant. The extraordinary thing is that we're suppose to sit through it without passing judgment. Oh, please! Charming Elio Germano, accepting his award, dedicated the triumph to the Italian people "doing their best in-spite of their government. Okay, I agree but then, Elio, what the hell are you doing in this thoughtless film?
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