Stromboli

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Stromboli

2022

1h 26m

Drama

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Recently divorced Sara is alone on a holiday for the first time in her life. After Karel, her ex-husband, took her kids to France, Sara decided to register for a 'From Fear to Love' retreat on the Italian volcanic island of Stromboli. Surrounded by shiny, rich, and self-deluding participants, Sara is finally confronted with the dark and painful past she has long been trying to hide.

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Dennis Schwartz

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Thought-provoking and unduly provocative.

Rated: B

Feb 26, 2023

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

The story, at times hard to watch for the intense emotionality, is filled with humor, camaraderie, and warmth among the damaged participants in the program.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 7, 2023

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Jason Flatt

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Stromboli is a fine movie about how finding community and communicating can help even the most stubborn and beleaguered people heal from trauma. Its plot and characters are quite thin, but the shell of an idea around it is satisfying enough...

Rated: 6/10

Feb 5, 2023

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Daniel G

Better than average Netflix offering - an initially "light" movie about a party-happy Dutch lady on vacation develops into a serious view of how to overcome childhood traumas in a group therapy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/14/23

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Audience Member

A sadly simple-minded and wrongheaded film about how group psychotherapy can help with healing traumatized people. So disappointing.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/23

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Karlene E

I wasn't bored. Interesting group of damaged people gather for healing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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andreas m

very good movie. very thoughtful and quite surprising as its initial setup lets the viewers expect something else.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Utube Travel S

There are more beautiful Islands to visit and tastier bread dished to eat, anywhere in the world, except this Italy.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Chester

There is not much to this story but the actress is very good in her portrayal and is very beautiful. She reminds me a little of Zooey Deschanel. I will have to check out Elise Schaap's other film and TV projects.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Michiel van Erp

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Tim McInnerny

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Synopsis

Recently divorced Sara is alone on a holiday for the first time in her life. After Karel, her ex-husband, took her kids to France, Sara decided to register for a 'From Fear to Love' retreat on the Italian volcanic island of Stromboli. Surrounded by shiny, rich, and self-deluding participants, Sara is finally confronted with the dark and painful past she has long been trying to hide.

Director: Michiel van Erp
Screenwriter: Saskia Noort, Roos Ouwehand, Paula van der Oest, Roos Ouwehand, Paula van der Oest
Production Co: Viola Film, Levitate Film, BNN-VARA, De Familie Film & TV
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Dutch
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 3, 2023
Runtime: 1h 26m

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