Stealing Beauty

Name: Stealing Beauty
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: June 14, 1996
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler

1996

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Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: June 14, 1996 | R

Starring: Jeremy Irons, Liv Tyler

Summary: Liv Tyler stars as a nineteen-year old beauty who summers at a villa in Tuscany with a variety of artistic types after the death of her mother, who had stayed there years earlier.

Director: Bernardo Bertolucci

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 118 min

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Hal Hinson

What's more, Bertolucci's voice is stronger, clearer and more effortlessly confident than it has been in years. He's stolen the beauty of Tuscany and his youthful star and transformed it into an exquisite work of movie art. Read full review

David Rooney

A model of poise and restraint, the film flows in a way that is deliberately undramatic, but made no less involving by the dreamy gentleness of its approach. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Though the film tapers off a little toward the end, there's a climactic scene of recognition between the heroine and her father that was one of the most exquisite pieces of acting I'd seen in ages. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff(not credited)

Poor Liv Tyler, the slight screen presence around which Bernardo Bertolucci's elaborately awful new romance revolves, comes prepackaged as Hollywood's next superstar, and she's hard-pressed to justify the hype. Read full review

David Ansen

This fragile, precious chamber piece, co-written with Susan Minot, rarely seems worthy of the high style lavished upon it. [24 Jun 1996 Pg.83]

Marc Savlov

Bertolucci returns to his native Italian soil for the first time in 15 years, and the result is a gorgeous albeit fairly insubstantial homecoming. Read full review

Stanley Kauffmann

Bertolucci's original story--a generous adjective--was made into a screenplay by the American novelist Susan Minot, who has an unwavering eye for the predictable and an ear for the tired phrase. [24 Jun 1996 Pg.32]

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JoeinMD

Sep 17, 2011

It may be that I am just a dirty old man, but I am fascinated by Liv Tyler. I really liked this movie, too. Part of my affection might be the circumstances of seeing it -- we were in a theater at the Jewish community center near Baltimore and enjoying the movie except that there was anIt may be that I am just a dirty old man, but I am fascinated by Liv Tyler. I really liked this movie, too. Part of my affection might be the circumstances of seeing it -- we were in a theater at the Jewish community center near Baltimore and enjoying the movie except that there was an older couple a few rows in front of us. The man needed to go to the restroom probably about 3/4 of the way through the movie, and his wife had to help him. When they returned, it was just as Liv was to a sex scene with Tyler -- the woman looked up at the screen as they returned and said (very loudly), "Oh, my God!" I have to admit that not everything Liv has done is great (McCool's comes to mind). Still, I would give almost anything she was in a try.… Expand

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LeonardoAmato

Jan 7, 2018

"Stealing Beauty" is a melancholic and optimistic work of art that photograph a world that is going to vanish, making Liv Tyler the leader of a decadend generation afflicted by illness and incommunicability, which is about to be replace with a genuine and vital new kind of youth.

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ryu9376

Oct 13, 2018

Always meant to watch this & I finally got the opportunity to... & to be quite honest... I rather enjoyed it... Jeremy Irons is normally strong in anything he performs in & Tyler was quite good as well.

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