Metacritic Film

Rocco and His Brothers (re-release)

Starring Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Alessandra Panaro, Claudia Cardinale, Max Cartier, and Rocco Vidolazzi

MPAA RATING: Not Rated


Drama
175 minutes | B/W
France / Italy
Released In Theaters July 5, 2002

A re-release of Luchino Visconti's 1960 epic of a poor family torn apart by lust and greed.

WRITTEN BY
Giovanni Testori (novel Il ponte della Ghisolfa)
Luchino Visconti (also story)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (also story)
Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa and Enrico Medioli

DIRECTED BY
Luchino Visconti

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

80 / 100

Critic Reviews

100 The New York Times
Neither the neighborhood intimacy of "Mean Streets" nor the grandeur of the "Godfather" movies is imaginable without Visconti's example. Its richness, though, is inexhaustible, and well served by the spotless new 35-millimeter print being shown at Film Forum.
100 Christian Science Monitor
From its star-studded cast to its indelible camerawork by the legendary Giuseppe Rotunno, it's an unforgettable experience by a revered master of European cinema.
80 Film Threat Angelina Sciolla
As we toss around words such as "dark," "stylish," "brooding," and "tragic" along the road to perdition, I recommend a three and a half hour pit stop in 1950s Milan.
80 TV Guide Staff (Not credited)
Violent, deliberately operatic, and makes ambiguous social statements.
70 Variety Staff (Not credited)
It's plotted in the form of an epic poem, each stanza dedicated to a member of the group.
50 Village Voice
Visconti's film remains a Euro-culture touchstone, though not nearly as convincing or visually stunning as its reputation insists.

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