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- 1996
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 1996
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Summary Liv Tyler stars as a nineteen-year old beauty who summers at a villa in Tuscany with a variety of artistic types after the death of her mother, who had stayed there years earlier.
Directed By: Bernardo Bertolucci
Written By: Susan Minot, Bernardo Bertolucci
- 1996
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
- 1996
- R
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- 1 h 58 m
Stealing Beauty
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7.0
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Summary Liv Tyler stars as a nineteen-year old beauty who summers at a villa in Tuscany with a variety of artistic types after the death of her mother, who had stayed there years earlier.
Directed By: Bernardo Bertolucci
Written By: Susan Minot, Bernardo Bertolucci
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 20 Critic Reviews
60
55% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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What's more, Bertolucci's voice is stronger, clearer and more effortlessly confident than it has been in years. He's stolen the beauty of Tuscany and his youthful star and transformed it into an exquisite work of movie art.
Bertolucci fans of old may well sigh for the political passion that made his earlier work more powerful. But the grace, craft and real wit in this country house party make it his most seductive film in a very long while.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
7.0
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 User Ratings
7.0
50% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
42% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
8% Negative
2 Ratings
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Tyler is a find for a director like Bertolucci. She is a blank slate of prettiness with her unadulterated, thoroughbred, long-limbed looks.
This film is aesthetically pleasing but not emotionally satisfying. It's occasionally erotic but rarely dynamic.
In Susan Minot's goofy script, Tyler ministers to ailing writer Jeremy Irons and other artsy layabouts while searching for the man on whom to bestow her virginity. The climactic deflowering scene provides the only giggles in an otherwise stodgy mess.
Bertolucci returns to his native Italian soil for the first time in 15 years, and the result is a gorgeous albeit fairly insubstantial homecoming.
For those who simply want to drink in the northern Italian countryside and Tyler's physical details, it's quite an experience. But as a story, Stealing Beauty (which Bertolucci wrote with Susan Minot) is a misbegotten, sentimental reunion with old European cinema.
Awards
David di Donatello Awards
• 5 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, Italy
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
