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Tea with Mussolini
  • Studio: G2 Films
  • Release Date: May 14, 1999
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Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

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  • Starring: Cher, Joan Plowright, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith
  • Summary: A coming-of-age tale about an illegitimate child who struggles to assert his independence and find his way into a life of art, taken from the autobiography of Franco Zeffirelli. (MGM)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    80
    This gets my vote as director Franco Zeffirelli’s finest film. Certainly, it’s his most personal.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Caroline Rees
    60
    Zeffirelli's mawkish tendencies are checked by Mortimer's funny, richly observant screenplay; it's rose-tinted but plays up character and everyday detail rather than wallowing in war-movie villainy.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    33
    The film values quips and declamations over natural conversation (or an explanation of how such intelligent women could have been so blind to world events).

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. TonyB.
    8
    This is among the more underrated and under appreciated films in recent memory.
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