Vitus

Name: Vitus
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: June 29, 2007
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Fabrizio Borsani, Teo Gheorghiu

2007

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: June 29, 2007 | PG

Starring: Bruno Ganz, Fabrizio Borsani, Teo Gheorghiu

Summary: Vitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: he has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. It is no wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the child prodigy prefers to play in his eccentricVitus is a boy who almost seems to be from another planet: he has hearing like a bat, he plays piano like a virtuoso and studies encyclopaedias at the age of five. It is no wonder his parents begin to anticipate a brilliant future for him. They want Vitus to become a pianist. However, the child prodigy prefers to play in his eccentric grandfather's workshop. He dreams of flying and of a normal childhood. Ultimately, with one dramatic leap, Vitus takes control of his own life. (Sony Pictures Classics)… Expand

Director: Fredi M. Murer

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: PG

Runtime: 123 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Vitus, a fizzy domestic fairy tale from Switzerland, gives you a lift, as it revels in the oddball joy of genius as kid power. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

A gentle fable about how the young boy from Zurich struggles to fit in rather than stand out, Vitus is both a cautionary tale for pushy parents and an endearing, if eccentric, empowerment fantasy for precocious children. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Celebratory, family-friendly fable. Read full review

Wesley Morris

"Joshua" is a horror movie that doesn't want to freak you out too much. Vitus freaks you out, but its makers seem to have no idea that it does. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

A fairly average movie about a very unusual child, Vitus does have an earnest charm. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

The triumphant musical cues and comic double takes encourage us to cheer Vitus's high jinks as if he were Ferris Bueller's ivory-tickling kid brother. Read full review

Sid Smith

A Swiss movie that flirts back and forth between the French and German sensibilities at play in that nation. Read full review

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BarbaraH

Mar 7, 2009

A touching movie. The love the older Vitus has for music, the emotion that shows in his playing is worth watching. I especially liked the scene in the bike park where the music each child is listening to is contrasted against one another. You knew then that there was music in this child A touching movie. The love the older Vitus has for music, the emotion that shows in his playing is worth watching. I especially liked the scene in the bike park where the music each child is listening to is contrasted against one another. You knew then that there was music in this child that could not be held back. A wonderful way to spend 2 hours!… Expand

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ArthurK.

Aug 20, 2007

Great movie, a bit long. Some scenes drag on.

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grandpajoe6191

Oct 24, 2011

Sadly, despite its great performances, "Vitus" takes and drags itself into monotonous hours developing unnecessary dialogue and additional characters.

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