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      A Talking Picture

      2003 1h 36m Comedy Drama List
      76% 25 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 500+ Ratings Audience Score On the Mediterranean, a professor (Leonor Silveira) shows her young daughter (Filipa de Almeida) ancient sites, while three women engage the ship's captain (John Malkovich) in debate. Read More Read Less
      A Talking Picture

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      Critics Consensus

      A Talking Picture occasionally struggles to engagingly convey its ambitious themes, but viewers attuned to its distinctive frequencies will find it well worth a watch.

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      Audience Member Una pelicula muy extraña. Las secuencias largas parecen ser habituales en el modo de filmar de Manoel de Oliveira (prolifico y veterano cineasta portugues) y no es para personas acostumbradas al cine hollywoodense ni para los que se distraen fácilmente, pues las secuencias de las charlas en el barco o las largas tomas de paisajes de distintos paises del mediterraneo se toman su tiempo, fácil de 5 a 10 minutos que "retan" la paciencia del espectador no acostumbrado, pero ofrece un quehacer intelectual al espectador interesado. Lo de extraña mas que nada lo digo por el muy estrepitoso final. Recomendable de observar. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member A mother takes her daughter to a cruise trip through Mediterranean Sea. She teaches her story and gets in touch with three European women and the ship's captain. Everyone speaks his own language... That's why it's a "Talking picture", a meeting among people of several cultures. The dialogue follow the everyday life. The film seems to be very calm and seems to tell simply a friendship story, until the final scene... Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Talk, talk, talk, then...........nothing. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A tepid, awkward travelogue interrupted by tepid, awkward dinner-table philosophy and put to rest by an awkward ending apparently intended to imbue the film with meaning through tragedy. The only success in the film was capturing John Malkovich's expression at the end of the movie and holding that one successful moment frozen through the credits. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member i had imagined this film to be a satiric attack on the EU, but just realized it is the director's response to the violence and brutality of Sep 11th. however, i enjoyed the dialogue between the mature little girl and her attractive, empathetic mom. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member this is the movie i told you in the morning, it's telling many facts about historical places but i didnt find it successful and i was sleepy i didnt understand anything @-.-@ Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Tim Cogshell Boxoffice Magazine A veteran filmmaker's moment of reflection and didacticism, and one supposes he's earned it. Rated: 3/5 Mar 27, 2005 Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Oliveira establishes a sense of timelessness only to catch his audience up short with a film that ultimately could scarcely be a more timely comment on the world in which we live. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 18, 2005 Full Review Ella Taylor L.A. Weekly Structured like a chatty play in three acts. Mar 17, 2005 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's an engrossing pic that speaks to our hearts and minds, as it leaves us with an unsettling feeling about both the past and present. Rated: A- Nov 5, 2010 Full Review Prairie Miller Long Island Press Though Oliveira's stylistic approach may be more relaxed and laid back in tune with seasoned years, his keen and cutting insights point to a mind on fire, as if on mental Viagra. Mar 26, 2007 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Only someone in his golden years could have made something as profound and as devastating as A Talking Picture, and only Oliveira could have made it as good as this. May 26, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis On the Mediterranean, a professor (Leonor Silveira) shows her young daughter (Filipa de Almeida) ancient sites, while three women engage the ship's captain (John Malkovich) in debate.
      Director
      Manoel de Oliveira
      Screenwriter
      Manoel de Oliveira
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      Portuguese (Brazil)
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jun 11, 2007
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $13.0K
      Runtime
      1h 36m