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54 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

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  • Starring: Giuseppe Sulfaro, Monica Bellucci
  • Summary: Malena (Bellacci), a beautiful young war widow, inspires the sensual awakenings of a group of adolescent boys in 1941 Sicily.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    Qualifies as director Giuseppe Tornatore's second full-fledged masterpiece. His first: "Cinema Paradiso."
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    There is noting quite so awkward as a film that is one thing while it pretends to be another.
  3. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    20
    Giuseppe Tornatore has long been a master of cheap sentiment ("Cinema Paradiso," " The Legend of 1900"), but his latest film is his most shallow, reprehensible exercise in nostalgia to date.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. AlfredoM.
    10
    Great!!
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  2. sathyav.
    10
    I love this movie. we must view this film in an auto-analystic way of admiring the characters. this movie has some magic that we keep on thinking about it even after weeks or months...oops! i must say this is a movie of a life time. i'm glad to have it in my collections of dvd. tornatore is way ahead of mankind.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. R.L.
    10
    A truly extraordinary film! I loved every minute of it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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