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Overwrought
PostedJuly 8, 2010
Italophile
from Philadelphia
With all the beautiful clothing, Milanese home furnishings, Ligurian scenery, meticulously presented prawns and Russian fish broth, the profound tragedy of this woman and her sensitive children is almost buried underneath a heavy coverlet of cinematic detail and a score that is well done but, in the most euphomistic way of saying it, has the subtlety of a Mack Truck.
Tilda Swinton is convincing as a somewhat lost and gentle creature in the land of "gente fatta per bene" seeking money and a global name for Recchi textiles, but less so as someone whose first language was Russian. She cannot deny her linguistically Anglo roots. Peccato.
The most compelling (and frustratingly minimalized) performances came from La Recchi's Lesbian daughter, Elisabetta, and Eva, fiancee to son, Edo.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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