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My Name Is Tanino (2002)
Italy and America, young and old,thriller and comic, this film has it all!
You could say this film is about a young Italian in America constantly running away from difficult situations,or you could say it is about youth and growing up by confronting ideals with reality. But it also shows different lifestyles, (the average well to do American family, the Italian large family, the impoverished artist). The performances are good quality, helped by an on the spot casting for example corrado fortuna's (he plays the main character) expressions are quite hilarious or even just his out of place presence create a comic outcome. Of course it is even funnier if you are or have been in contact with Italian culture (and i mean not just from films and TV!), especially from the south, otherwise Castelluzzo,the town from where the main character comes from, might remind you of any little village where everyone knows everyone and everything about everyone. There isn't specifically a plot but you could describe it as the comic adventures of a young Italian in America but that might make it sound like a kids book.
Alltoghether it is a memorable simple little film that you will probably enjoy.
The Break-Up (2006)
Painful
The film is about a couple breaking up (as you might have imagined) and it really is about that, a girlfriend and boyfriend that after time together declare break-up war to each other. The war consists of insulting each others family members, to not turning up at appointments and organizing wakeup songs from a hated group of choirboys or orgies in the sitting room and situations that should entice the others jealousy but never seem to work out. Often situations swing from realistic fights and awkward, ridiculous situations all done with bitter-sweet irony. It is a bad film to watch if you're going through a painful break up or have just been through one because the realistic element in it is much stronger than the comic one so if you're thinking of going to watch this to exorcise the pains of breaking up it might not quite work out, if not then judge for yourself but i didn't enjoy it as much as i thought I would. I liked the stereotyped slightly over the top characters in them like her boss (a nymphomaniac artist), the secretary and the family members like his brothers and her mother.
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
not for young children
if you are a parent and you're wondering if to send your child to see this film, DON'T!! it's a great film, wonderful special effects, but you can see kittens being chopped up, torture in the background etc.!!!! it is kinda of unexpected: adults don't go to see this film because it looks like a kid's film, although it isn't!! There is too much blood, too gruesome for a child!!But a very good film if you are a fantasy fan and just can't do without a touch of magic... i thought Monica Bellucci's part would be very long and important I really though the witch would come back to life! I was surprised! What the hell do I have to do to get this comment posted? why do you have to write minimum 10 lines? what is wrong with just a word?