Umberto D (re-release)
Janus Films | Release Date: February 15, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
92
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The credo of Italy's fabled neorealist movement was that movies rooted in real, unadorned experience carry more dramatic impact than studio concoctions can dream of, and this 1952 masterpiece exemplifies that argument brilliantly. Read full review
100
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Universally appealing story that plays as well now as it did on opening day a half-century ago. Maybe better. Read full review
100
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
This is truly a great film, recently celebrated at length in "My Voyage to Italy," Martin Scorsese's documentary about Italian cinema. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Creates magic of a completely different sort. It makes the unlikeliest subject unforgettable, finding drama, beauty, even poetry in simple things and simple lives. Read full review
100
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
One of the greatest films of all time and one of the handful of masterpieces to emerge from the Italian neo-realist period, Umberto D is as cerebral as it is emotional, as bleak as it is warm. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A film that lets life flood into our souls. Read full review
90
New Times (L.A.)Robert Wilonsky
De Sica's 1952 neorealist masterpiece; it's a stark snapshot in which all is revealed about the "daily life of mankind," as the director once offered by way of description. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The ending is happy, but the general effect of the film is disturbing, so compelling is De Sica's description of a man's solitude. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
It's too bad that the film is sporadically crude (a moment of suicidal angst is illustrated with a shove-zoom to the pavement), prone to mega-Italian extroversion, and far too in love with stupid pet tricks. Read full review
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