I Vitelloni [re-release]
Janus Films | Release Date: November 14, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
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Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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100
The New York TimesDana Stevens
Full of brilliantly executed coups de théâtre, showing the director's natural flair for spectacle. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
One of the screen's great portrayals of the hell-raising and malaise of young men in their 20s, hit Italy like a comic thunderbolt when it was released there in 1953 -- and it struck the American art-house audience in much the same way when it premiered here in 1956. Now it returns, and unlike its five aging-boy protagonists, this movie hasn't lost its first youth. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It was this ineffably poignant semiautobiographical reverie that unleashed fully Fellini's shimmering, flowing poetic style, echoed perfectly in a plaintive score by Fellini's potently evocative collaborator, Nino Rota. Read full review
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Its elements all come together with an unforced perfection, every scene feels real and alive in a way that many of his more surrealistic later films do not, and Leonard Maltin, for one, has argued that I Vitelloni is no less than Fellini's masterpiece. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderDon Druker
Though still realist in approach, its aura of bitter nostalgia places it squarely among Fellini's most personal and atmospheric works. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This semiautobiographical work by Federico Fellini was the first film to bring him a measure of world attention. Read full review
80
EmpireKim Newman
It’s as wistful and sad as it is funny and charming, with the first of Nino Rota’s great scores to keep it burbling along. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It's a film of sensitivity, observation and humor - a must-see for Fellini enthusiasts and a worthwhile investment for everyone else. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Federico Fellini, long a scripter, in his second feature film satirizes the 'wastrels', the do-nothing sons of middle-class Italian provincials whose life ranges from schoolroom to poolroom. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Moving from cafés to poolrooms to movie theaters, it's the prototypical male ensemble film. Read full review
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