Corpo Celeste
Film Movement | Release Date: June 8, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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80
Time OutEric HynesJun 5, 2012
Alice Rohrwacher's debut fictional feature is an uncommonly insightful portrait of nascent womanhood, assisted in no small measure by Vianello's disarmingly naturalistic performance. Read full review
80
Village VoiceMark HolcombJun 5, 2012
Rohrwacher almost overplays her metaphors, but her understated characterizations, cinematographer Hélène Louvart's rapturous range, and especially Vianello's eerie grace combine to make Corpo Celeste the ideal cinematic antidote to the summer doldrums. Read full review
80
EmpireDavid ParkinsonJun 5, 2012
Quietly compelling, the cerebral slice of social realism is well worth hunting down. Read full review
80
Total FilmTom DawsonJun 5, 2012
With echoes of the Dardennes and Lucrecia Martel, Corpo Celeste's acute sense of place, feel for adolescent confusion and miraculous resolution suggest that Rohrwacher is a talent to watch. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoMay 24, 2014
For those willing to overlook its few slips into heavy-handedness, Corpo Celeste tells a compelling story of a 12-year-old girl thrust into a strange new world. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineJun 5, 2012
Once Corpo Celeste began to recede a little in my rearview mirror, my initial impatience softened a little. Read full review
70
VarietyBoyd van HoeijJun 5, 2012
Rohrwacher's picture offers a Dardennes-esque look at a working-class teen's growing pains in a backwater parish in southern Italy. Minor tonal inconsistencies are overcome by this intimate tale's naturalistic thesping and loose lensing style. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeMay 24, 2014
Stick with it and writer/director Alice Rohrwacher’s first feature reveals another side: taking a small town as a microcosm of Berlusconi’s something-rotten-at-the-core Italy. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 5, 2012
An accomplished debut. Read full review
50
The New York TimesRachel SaltzJun 7, 2012
Ms. Rohrwacher combines a documentary impulse (effective in family scenes) with a more allegorical one. Her film gets clunky when allegory has the upper hand, and that means Corpo Celeste often stumbles, along with its 12-year-old heroine, Marta (Yle Vianello). Read full review
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