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Don't Move
EMAILPRINTNorthern Arts Entertainment
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 12 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Foreign
Written by:
Sergio Castellitto (story)
Margaret Mazzantini (novel)
Directed by: Sergio Castellitto
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 11, 2005
DVD: July 18, 2006
Running Time: 125 minutes, Color
Origin: Italy / Spain / UK
Language(s): Italian (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Penélope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto, Claudia Gerini, Angela Finocchiaro, and Marco Giallini
A dramatic and emotional 'what if?' story, adapted from the bestselling novel by Margaret Mazzantini.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein
Nobody into lush melodramas dripping in sex should miss this pulsating Italian import.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Told in a tricky flashback mode that's vivid even with a few too many temporal kinks, Don't Move is the sort of thing that Claude Chabrol was once praised for making with more pretension and a lot less less juice.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Movies as strong and provocative as this one are a special pleasure.
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
has a rich, lyrical sweep and floats between past and present, reality and imagination, with ease. It is a richly satisfying experience.
Read Full Review >Variety Deborah Young
In his second outing as a director, top thesp Sergio Castellitto (also playing the surgeon) takes the viewer on an emotion-filled ride and brings a violently masculine perspective to the story. However, it is Penelope Cruz who gives the film's knockout performance.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone Peter Travers
The film is a mesmerizing erotic odyssey given gravity and heart by Cruz.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
A compelling if not altogether convincing tale of mad love and divine redemption, adapted from the prize-winning novel by Castellitto's wife, Margaret Mazzantini.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
A paranoid male fantasy about cheating, with surface similarities to Hollywood movies like ''Fatal Attraction" and ''Unfaithful." This one's Italian, though, and its attitude toward adultery is more European.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
Don't Move comes to seem as static as its title -- we just don't learn enough to compensate for feeling so little.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Yes, the movie asks hard questions, but it would be better - or at least more honest - if it weren't so insistent that everyone arrive at the same answer.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
It is a beautifully made film - decorously composed, meticulously acted, cleanly photographed. But all of these qualities make it seem complacent and hypocritical when it wants to be honest and brave, and sentimental rather than emotionally daring.
Read Full Review >Empire Patrick Peters
Castellitto deserves great credit for toning down the melodrama in wife Margaret Mazzantini's novel and producing a very human story about chance, choice and consequence.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson
There's nothing cute, cloying, or playful about the lovers in Sergio Castellitto's opaque romantic drama Don't Move, but in their way, they're as incomprehensible as the stars of any gimmicky comic love film.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
The script is morose and unfocused - not to mention hard to believe and insulting to women.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The story wants to be a sort of "Last Tango in Paris" redux, but it falls into mere melodrama after a brilliant beginning.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Castellitto directed and stars in this unbearable film, a case study of a surgeon with a raging madonna-whore complex.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Ernest Hardy
Though sprung from the mind of a woman, the film plays like a hetero male fantasy of tortured love.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Ken Fox
Cruz's willingness to allow her appearance to be so degraded for cinema's sake doesn't really help.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
A syrupy Italian power ballad along the lines of the ones on the movie's soundtrack. Its tune is mawkish, bombastic but, in the end, not especially resonant.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Scott B. gave it an8:
Good story and acting make this a compelling film. Cruz, particularly, is heartbreakingly true.
Paul M. gave it a0:
Sincerely awful and extremely mysoginist. Very bad editing.
Rob T. gave it a9:
When it comes to modern European cinema, I've discovered that lately, you can tell if youre going to like the movie while you're watching it. There are basically two types: the type that is strong throughout, has great characters, and actually has an ending. Or the kind that is interesting, but tedious, and keeps you waiting for a payoff that never comes. Don't Move fits into the former. As for the latter, these films garner critical acclaim and simply don't deserve it. Don't Move manages to be powerful and not suffer from the pretension of art house cinema, and that makes it a true gem.
Tatiana S. gave it a10:
The best movie I have ever seen! Incredible story and excellent film. Must see and many times over and over again.
Pablo S. gave it a10:
Incredible film due to Penelope Cruz's great performance.
Daniel gave it a10:
An excellent film. Penelope Cruz deserves ALL the awards of the year for her incredible performance of Italia. A must-see!!
Lucy gave it a4:
The film is silly. Cruz gives a good acting performance but is let down by a bad script. The film has some intersting moments but the storyline is about one of hope and a guardian angel is stupid. I think women are treated as 2nd class citizens in this drama. Cruz should have castrated the Doctor after he raped her. Or at least blackmail him or informed his wife. Do something instead nothing. Bah all rubbish, a typically written story by a man who thinks he can get awqy with rape with no consequences like guilt. He goes home to his his as if nothing happened. Women don't get mad they get even!!
