Stealing Beauty

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G S Visually, it's very nice to look at. The premise is interesting but in my view, executed poorly so it just didn't land with me. It's a shame because all the elements were there. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/03/24 Full Review Steve D Unconfirmable but its cast is really good. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member I love this movie for his beautiful landscapes, lovely story, cativating characters, for it's amazing atmosphere and specially because of it's soundtrack which I think is the best. Because of this movie I got the opportunity to know Liz Phair, Charlie Haden, I had the pleasure to know more about Cocteau Twins (a movie with a Cocteau Twins song it deserve an oscar), Hooverphonic, Portishead, Billie Holliday, Mozart, John Lee Hooker, Chet Baker !!! I really got the soundtrack of this movie for my own life !!! I watch this movie from time to time when I want to unplug from the daily issues like I listen those songs until these days. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The director of 'The Last Emperor' Bernardo Bertolucci presents one of Liv Tyler's earliest outings Liv Tyler, Jeremy Irons, and Rachel Weisz Lucy Harmon fell in love when she was 15 years old Her mother then committed suicide so now at 19 Lucy decides to go back to Italy But she's there for more than to pose for a painting; she's hoping to reconnect with her past and find her lot in life She begins to affect the lives of others around her including Alex, an English writer who's suffering from an unknown disease This is officially Liv Tyler's first leading role and she carries the whole thing It's just that everything else seems pretty lackluster You'd think there would be more hard hitting drama but it never goes that route The scenery is breathtaking but none of these other players are as compelling It's way too long making the whole thing virtually plotless Hour and a half might've done it more justice and some actual melodrama thrown in for good measure Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It is very much European in its sensibilities, but full of rich characters, and is wonderfully paced. And very, very sensual. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member No, it's not 2001 or Citizen Kane. And that's fine, those are movies I admire more for their formal brilliance than any relation to anyone's lives. As someone who moved to Europe on my own as a late teen in the early 90s (granted without rich or artist parents), this film has both resonance in my personal experience and broader meaning for young adult women trying to find themselves. It captures the innocence, the search, the foreign surroundings, the slight obliviousness, the creepy older people (both foreigners and acquaintances) making assumptions, and all the assumptions made in Europe about North American foreigners, as well as the quest to find yourself in the midst of all that. (The only thing it doesn't capture is the blatant racism / exoticism some of my Black friends experienced from Europeans, but then, how much can one movie do?) I can't think of a single other film that captures my lived experience as a young woman trying to find a way in the world in quite the same way. So many people exalt films for capturing a slice of real life, and this one does. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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