Diciannove
Oscilloscope | Release Date: July 25, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
VarietyGuy LodgeJun 3, 2025
Tortorici evidently remembers that disorienting sense of being released (or perhaps abandoned) into the world before you’ve quite found yourself; if you don’t, his funny, nervy, aptly unformed film will give you quivery flashbacks. It’s an auspicious arrival for both the filmmaker and his intense, mercurial young star Manfredi Marini, who holds the camera with the guilelessness of a newcomer and the ease of a natural. Read full review
88
Slant MagazineMarshall ShafferJul 23, 2025
In line with his protagonist’s ever-shifting whims, a spirit of restless reinvention characterizes director Giovanni Tortorici’s aesthetic approach. Read full review
83
IndieWireKate ErblandJun 3, 2025
That Tortorici pulls this twist off is both perverse and pleasurable, and that he keeps it all feeling funny is even better. Read full review
80
Screen DailyBen DaltonJun 3, 2025
Deep down, Nineteen is a comedy, with a profound sympathy for its confused protagonist, who is left alone to struggle with identity issues that could so easily turn into mental health issues. But the film stays limber, hopeful and affectionate. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJun 3, 2025
Diciannove is unflinchingly honest about what it’s like to be 19, and, for the most part, totally lost. And Tortorici’s insistence on capturing that feeling while avoiding the usual narrative tropes is what makes his film both fascinating and somewhat impenetrable. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloJul 25, 2025
Written and directed by Giovanni Tortorici, “Diciannove,” which means “nineteen” in Italian, plumbs the depths of young adulthood in that strange transition year, from the dizzying highs of feeling invincible on the dance floor to realizing just how much about the world you still have to learn. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 12, 2025
It’s a mesmerizing movie, in its way, a chronological stream-of-consciousness dissection of a very specific “type” — Western, indulged, pretty enough to attract attention, careless with how he uses it, too removed from his contemporaries to care or commit. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJul 25, 2025
Though never disorienting or obnoxious (à la “Euphoria”), it can get tiring: a restlessness of spirit and technique that occasionally separates us from this lost antihero when we crave a closer connection to him. Especially since first-time actor Marini is stellar casting. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanJul 24, 2025
If the dearth of character development is a gag, Diciannove doesn’t offer much of a punchline. But Tortorici’s filmmaking is stylish enough to make even the slipperiest sequences pop. Read full review
30
ColliderIsabella SoaresJul 25, 2025
By the time the credits roll, Diciannove doesn't give the viewer enough food for thought. Read full review
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