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Way We Laughed, The
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Way We Laughed, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 68 Metascore out of 100
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9.0 out of 10
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Francesco Giuffrida, Enrico Lo Verso, Rosaria Danzè, Fabrizio Gifuni, Claudio Contartese, and Domenico Ragusa

The story of two Sicilian brothers who emigrate to the northern Italian city of Turin is told over a six-year period (1958-1964), with each year represented by a dramatic vignette from one day in their lives. (Film Forum)


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Gianni Amelio
Daniele Gaglianone
Lillo Iacolino
Alberto Taraglio
 
DIRECTED BY: Gianni Amelio  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: January 6, 2004 
Video: January 6, 2004 
Theatrical: November 21, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Italy 
LANGUAGE(S): Italian (with English subtitles) 

Original Italian title "Così ridevano"; Golden Lion, Best Cinematography, 1998 Venice Film Festival

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100
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
This is a film precisely constructed, brilliantly imagined.
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90
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
The sweeping, confounding conclusion therefore unfolds with a beauty and an ease that seem truly organic. The Way We Laughed has that feeling of being a work of art.
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90
LA Weekly F. X. Feeney
Writer-director Gianni Amelio masterfully chronicles the ways two people can betray each other, and especially themselves, in the name of love.
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88
Boston Globe Damon Smith
A film of great ingenuity and imagination, full of suggestive power, and it deserves to be seen.
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88
Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Shows the fate of Sicilians who moved to the Italian industrial city of Turin 40-plus years ago, and it suggests that the experience of relocation is universal.
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88
Miami Herald Marta Barber
If you like guessing games, don't miss it.
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80
New Times (L.A.) David Ehrenstein
Beautifully made and performed, this is a film of considerable insight into both the life of the impoverished and the mystery of human personality.
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75
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Longwinded, slow-starting but moving film.
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70
TV Guide Ken Fox
The film, beautifully shot in widescreen by Luca Bigazzi, is surprisingly accessible and always engaging, if ultimately tragic.
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70
The New York Times Stephen Holden
The movie is powerfully acted. Mr. Lo Verso's passionate, fiery-eyed Giovanni is an incandescent star turn by an actor with world class charisma.
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60
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Wears its art, as well as its heart, on its sleeve -- so much so that I feel guilty for not liking it more.
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60
Film Threat Saul Austerlitz
It's a damn impressive trick to build a film around narrative frustration and not cause your audience to run out screaming.
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50
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Exploring a specific generational moment in mid-century Italy's social weft, Amelio's family saga might be his grimmest film, if only for the tragic exploitation of fraternity.
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40
Variety David Rooney
Problematically structured, overly protracted and lacking in narrative fluidity.
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38
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
A ponderously slow experience.
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