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      Malena

      R Released Dec 25, 2000 1h 46m Comedy Drama List
      53% 79 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 25,000+ Ratings Audience Score In 1941, Renato was 13 years old and although the world was at war, nothing ever happened in this sleepy village in Sicily. Until the day he discovered something that would change his life forever... Malna, the beautiful young war widow who was the obsession of every man and the envy of every woman. Because of her, Renato will come to learn all of life's lessons and find himself in places he never could have imagined. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 16 Buy Now

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      Malena ends up objectifying the character of the movie's title. Also, the young boy's emotional investment with Malena is never convincing, as she doesn't feel like a three-dimensional person.

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      Toki This film is different from what it seems. It has unique meaning. Watch it till the end patiently. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/25/22 Full Review maria p I never get bored of this movie. It holds so well in the passing years. I watched when I was young and it gave me a strong impression that I can't check off. I think I'll the intolerance and injustice portrayed in the movie makes me want to be better than the town people. Is just nice when I movie gives meaning to you in a way that it can improve you. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Malèna's plot would give a first impression that it's void. However, the WW2 setting really helps, turning it into a rich plot. It is understandable how some scenes may seem irrelevant, or even unacceptable by today's standards, but they're essential in translating the amorous feelings of the boy (Renato) and the melancholic ones of the woman (Malèna). The director is also very attentive to details. Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, and Giuseppe Tornatore form the perfect combination. And the other actors' performances are no less sincere. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Ashutosh S This is the only movie that seriously shows the sexuality of teenage boys from a teenage boy's point of view. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/01/22 Full Review Audience Member Shot in my Sicily. La Cucinotta needed to be in this film, not Bellucci Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review kevin c In a small town in Italy where rumours and gossip abound, a teenage boy obsessed with the most beautiful woman in town played effortlessly by Monica Bellucci, spends his days daydreaming of her and nights spying on her. Set during wartime, this is a pretty great movie of a boy on the verge of manhood and how the rumours the town perceives as true can dismantle lives. Funny and insightful and Bellucci is exquisite. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic A film about Malena herself, her travails, the deep-reaching conclusion, would have been much more interesting and original, but Tornatore is mired in cliches. Jan 8, 2018 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 3/4 Mar 22, 2002 Full Review Peter Travers Rolling Stone Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 4, 2001 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia It enjoys a certain Mediterranean beauty on the visual side, but not even the dazzling presence of Monica Bellucci prevents the coming-of-age fable from collapsing down common and boring paths. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 5/10 Jan 22, 2024 Full Review Mark Steyn The Spectator Malena poses as a bounteously endowed, ripe, curvy Italian mamma, but metaphorically it's an undernourished cadaverous Kate Moss of a movie. Jan 25, 2018 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Malna barely speaks a word in the film, but Belucci makes a role that is written as a symbol into a full-blooded person. Rated: 3/4 Feb 15, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In 1941, Renato was 13 years old and although the world was at war, nothing ever happened in this sleepy village in Sicily. Until the day he discovered something that would change his life forever... Malna, the beautiful young war widow who was the obsession of every man and the envy of every woman. Because of her, Renato will come to learn all of life's lessons and find himself in places he never could have imagined.
      Director
      Giuseppe Tornatore
      Distributor
      Miramax Films
      Production Co
      Miramax Films, Pacific Pictures, Medusa Produzione
      Rating
      R (Language|Sexuality|Nudity|Some Violence)
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      Italian
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 25, 2000, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 15, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $3.4M
      Runtime
      1h 46m
      Sound Mix
      Surround
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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