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Way We Laughed, The

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Gianni Amelio
Daniele Gaglianone
Lillo Iacolino
Alberto Taraglio

Directed by: Gianni Amelio

Release Date:
Theatrical: November 21, 2001
DVD: January 6, 2004

Running Time: 124 minutes, Color

Origin: Italy

Language(s): Italian (with English subtitles)

Summary

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)

What The Critics Said

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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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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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