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79 out of 100

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  • Starring: Edoardo Gabbriellini, Flavio Parenti, Tilda Swinton
  • Summary: I am Love tells the story of the wealthy Recchi family, whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. Eduardo Sr., the family patriarch, has decided to name a successor to the reins of his massive industrial company, surprising everyone by splitting power between his son Tancredi, and grandson Edo. But Edo dreams of opening a restaurant with his friend Antonio, a handsome and talented chef. At the heart of the family is Tancredi’s wife Emma, a Russian immigrant who has adopted the culture of Milan. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with Edo’s friend and partner Antonio, and embarks on a passionate love affair that will change her family forever. (Magnolia)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. New York Observer
    Reviewed by: Rex Reed
    100
    I Am Love fuses the past with the changing future in a marvelous traditional narrative without a shred of the sloppy trends of contemporary filmmaking.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    An amazing film. It is deep, rich, human. It is not about rich and poor, but about old and new. It is about the ancient war between tradition and feeling.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    58
    The film is almost deliriously stylish, which helps mask the silliness. But the bellowing music, by John Adams, is infuriatingly intrusive -- which undoes the visual good.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. DiegoSanRobles
    10
    The simple elegance of the Jil Sander clothing Tilda Swinton wears throughout I Am Love is not analogous to the film’s aesthetics: there’s nothing minimalist about this work. The director, whom I’ve never heard of or before this is audacious in his rendering on a familiar story. What could have been a quiet melodrama is amplified through its editing, its use of the John Adams excerpts, its luscious locale and set design. Even a character’s glance, especially Tilda’s, has the bravado of an opera singer hitting impossible notes. Every element is perfectly placed, while maintaining a sense of spontaneity. A difficult feat.… Expand
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  2. wordmaster
    5
    So Euro, so reminiscent of older films redolent of Europe, with a peek behind the Fortuny curtains. The Adams score pulses as Tilda Swinton abandons her perfect life, leaving an ordered world for her randy lover. Its gravest limitation is that the film never builds enough of a case why she feels frustrated or might intend to bolt: we're left to deduce her motives from her actions and a few clever camera shots of her lust for food. Still in all, appetizing fare.… Expand
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  3. Lyn
    3
    I found this beautiful film sorely lacking in both heart and logic -- despite the presence of Tilda Swinton, of whom I've been a huge fan since the riveting "The Deep End." (Those angles! That lanky grace! That mysterious eyebrowless face!) The languid pace never seems to lead anywhere, nor is there much of a clue as to why this woman would risk everything for a mashup with this particular young man. Weirdly, I felt shadows of several really good films, including "Unfaithful," "Damage" and even the Italian epic "Best of Youth." But somehow it managed to be less intense, and more tedious, than any of those.… Expand
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