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Vitus
Sony Pictures Classics
MPAA RATING: PG for mild thematic elements and language
Starring
Fabrizio Borsani,
Teo Gheorghiu,
Julika Jenkins,
Urs Jucker,
Bruno Ganz,
Eleni Haupt,
Kristina Lykowa,
and
Tamara Scarpellini
Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: he has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. It is no wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the child prodigy prefers to play in his eccentric grandfather's workshop. He dreams of flying and of a normal childhood. Ultimately, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life. (Sony Pictures Classics)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
|
Foreign
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Peter Luisi
Fredi M. Murer
Lukas B. Suter
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Fredi M. Murer
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 27, 2007
Theatrical: June 29, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
100 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Switzerland |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Swiss German / English |

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83
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Vitus, a fizzy domestic fairy tale from Switzerland, gives you a lift, as it revels in the oddball joy of genius as kid power.

80
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
The cast is superb, especially the young actors who portray Vitus; Gheorghiu is a real-life piano prodigy, lending an extra frisson to the intoxicating music that plays throughout the film.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A gentle fable about how the young boy from Zurich struggles to fit in rather than stand out, Vitus is both a cautionary tale for pushy parents and an endearing, if eccentric, empowerment fantasy for precocious children.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
When the movie becomes pure fantasy, it's impossible to swallow. (No landlord rents an apartment to a 12-year-old with no adult in sight.)

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Combines complex relationships with a winning style of storytelling.

70
Chicago Reader
Ronnie Scheib
Celebratory, family-friendly fable.

70
Variety
Eddie Cockrell
A natural for kidfests, pic is a fine example of old-fashioned story-telling and also will dance wherever detailed character development and leisurely-paced drama are appreciated.

70
Village Voice
Jean Oppenheimer
Charming Swiss import.

67
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Its heart is never anywhere but in the right place.

63
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
Deep down, this is a film about childhood dreams and the determination to make those dreams come true. With such a positive message, you can't help yodeling on your exit from the theater.

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
"Joshua" is a horror movie that doesn't want to freak you out too much. Vitus freaks you out, but its makers seem to have no idea that it does.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jason Anderson
Nevertheless, Vitus's cool intelligence, knotty narrative and precise performances make it a pleasure to watch even when it sends mixed messages about the true nature of its protagonist.

63
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
A fairly average movie about a very unusual child, Vitus does have an earnest charm.

60
The New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz
The triumphant musical cues and comic double takes encourage us to cheer Vitus's high jinks as if he were Ferris Bueller's ivory-tickling kid brother.

58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
The film ultimately swindles its own story.

50
Chicago Tribune
Sid Smith
A Swiss movie that flirts back and forth between the French and German sensibilities at play in that nation.

50
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
A sappy look at the title character, a 12-year-old boy who's a math and music prodigy.

50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
It is ultimately a simplistic film that will play better to youngsters who wish their grandpas were this cool and to parents who are nostalgic for the kind of exceptional childhood they neither had nor can provide for their own children.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Vitus is likable enough and definitely suitable entertainment for young people willing to read subtitles.


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