Vincere
User Score
7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 3 out of 19

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  1. HuguesF.
    Mar 29, 2010
    10
    Through the struggle of this woman, Bellocchio not only is critical of fascism and of the dictatorship of Mussolini.. It is too a real hymn to cinema as a medium conveying meaning in an alienated world. In this point of view,it is by itself an act of resistance, in a world invaded by advertisements, and whose Imaginary is colonized by the society of the spectacle. Bellocchio offers us an operatic tour de force. Performance by both actors is exceptional, but especially from Giovanna Mezzogiorno, amazingly inhabited in the role of her young career (A performance and a movie that would undeniably have deserved more prizes, had Cannes jury been fair, or had Italy selected it as the Italian candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Movie, instead of a more commercial one).… Collapse
  2. JaneG.
    Mar 28, 2010
    2
    Dark, impossibly dark, dreary and not worth the trouble. All the critics loved this but very disappointing.
  3. Diezmartinez
    Sep 22, 2010
    9
    Con un vigor narrativo y una inventiva visual envidables, Bellocchio echa mano de un estilo diríase operático/futurista para contar la trágica historia de la primera familia del joven socialista Benito Mussolini, repudiada y aplastada cuando "Il Duce" cambió de bando para convertirse en lider del fascismo. Giovanna Mezzogiorno estÃ;¡ extraordinaria.… Expand

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Metascore
85 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Steve Ramos
    60
    Forty-four years after his exciting debut feature "Fists in the Pocket," Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio continues his late-career renaissance with the passionate, beautifully crafted, period melodrama Vincere.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Natasha Senjanovic
    80
    The director also pulls career-high performances from Mezzogiorno and Timi that are, respectively, tragic and mesmerizing.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Jay Weissberg
    100
    It's a thrilling, at times brilliant piece of staging that never forgets the emotional pull of either the tragic personal tale or the ramifications of history.
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