The Sicilian Girl
Music Box Films | Release Date: August 4, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
She was simultaneously a pariah and a marked woman, and Amenta respectfully honors her quixotic, deeply lonely quest for justice. Read full review
60
MovielineMichelle Orange
Based on a true story which director Marco Amenta explored 12 years ago in documentary form, The Sicilian Girl feels powered by unfocused preoccupation, rather than by a more compelling creative ambition. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter Addiego
Amenta was deeply moved by Rita's story, but his prosaic direction can't do it justice. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Despite strong performances by Gerard Jugnot as the crime-busting prosecutor and Veronica D'Agostino as the adult Rita, The Sicilian Girl never lives up to its potential. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Ends with a curious whimper instead of the bang it has been pointing toward; the filmmaker's reverence for his heroine seems to bind his hands. Read full review
50
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Even if Matteo Garrone's "Gomorrah" hadn't dramatically raised the bar for mafioso movies, The Sicilian Girl would have repped a mediocre entry in the Cosa Nostra canon and a waste of an extraordinary true story. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNicolas Rapold
The facts are more gripping than the filmmaking in Marco Amenta's routine docudrama about tenacious teen informer Rita Atria. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe Williams
Imagine if the "Godfather" saga had been told from the point of view of Talia Shire's character. The perspective of a don's daughter could produce a compelling movie, but The Sicilian Girl isn't it. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid Fear
You get the "girl," but little else; even as a tribute to one woman's determination, this semibiopic screams botched opportunity Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Belonging more in the realm of tragic melodrama than true crime, The Sicilian Girl is hobbled by sluggish direction (by Marco Amenta, who previously addressed Atria's story in his 1997 documentary, "One Girl Against the Mafia: Diary of a Sicilian Rebel"), and a revulsion to nuance. Read full review
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