Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

GeoPierpont The constant interruption of everyone's cell phone while trying to carry on a live conversation was completely annoying. Letting landline phones ring ad nauseum, are there no answering machines in Italy? The plot was hard to follow at times because the scene cuts were awkward and flowed poorly. I was surprised how many sexual references and scenes were interspersed with actual dialogue. One reviewer mentioned that Americans would not understand all the infidelity issues covered in the film. They were correct, it was overdone and about as effective as the light bulbs burning out amidst Agata's moods.Since this film was nominated for many awards, I am disheartened to think that more recent productions present such low caliber of entertainment, has Italy lost it's touch? Fellini made you think, react, and surprised you, despite low production value. I have seen many foreign films and if this was my first, I would be very tempted to skip further soporific attempts. Hopefully, Bread and Tulips may redeem this effort.Overall recommend for eye candy handsome men, pastoral scenery, but you can get this in many other films. Just plain dumbed down fodder.

lastliberal I thought Silvio Soldini's previous film, Blood and Tulips< was very good, so I thought I would give him another try.This film was nominated for eight David di Donatello awards (Italian Oscar). Sadly, it won none, but that doesn't take away from it's excellence.Licia Maglietta, Rosalba in Blood and Tulips, is Agata, a middle-aged book store owner. She starts and affair with Nico (Claudio Santamaria), who is 13 years younger. A cougar? (In Italy, a puma) Meanwhile, her brother Gustavo (Emilio Solfrizzi) finds out that he was the product of a one night stand, and has a brother, Romeo (Giuseppe Battiston). I have to say that Romeo is one flashy dresser.The characters mentioned and their partners go through the travails of life with humor and love and sadness, just as we ll do. It was a sweet picture.

Eschete Beautifully photographed and ably acted, generally, but the writing is very slipshod. There are scenes of such unbelievability that there is no joy in the watching. The fact that the young lover has a twin brother, for instance, is so contrived that I groaned out loud. And the "emotion-light bulb connection" seems gimmicky, too.I don't know, though. If you have a few glasses of wine and feel like relaxing with something pretty to look at with a few flaccid comedic scenes, this is a pretty good movie. No major effort on the part of the viewer required. But Italian film, especially Italian comedy, is usually much, much better than this.

Indyrod This is another www.filmmovement.com movie, that was nominated for 8 Italian version of the Oscars. Like the others, it was released at the theaters and on DVD at the same time. Like the other two Film Movement movies I've seen, quality is the name of the game. And "Agata" is no exception. The story is a quirky comedy about life changing events that happen between two families, when a man finds out he has a different Mother than what he's known all these years. This revelation cause him to make a big turn in his life, get to know his new relatives, while dealing with the relatives he thought were his. This all leads to one big family that is far from normal, so to speak. Agata is his sister, a single woman who runs a book store, and has a much younger guy who says he's in love with her. Big problem, the guy is married. Also Agata has a problem with light bulbs. Whenever she is close to a light bulb it blows out. A rather novel approach to a comedy with many characters, and a lot of fun for the viewer. Good movie, highly recommended.