You have to be kidding me, anyone who liked this.
The story ends at minute 10: Mussolini won't acknowledge her or the kid. Boom. There's the movie. She tries no new strategy to get what she wants, just insists over and over. Until she dies. After two hours of boring the hell out of me.
Movies need to go somewhere. Even Godard movies go somewhere. This just spins its wheels.
But, some pretty good performances. Not incredible, but good.
Also, for God's sake, they go to the movies like 1000 times in this. It was the turn of the century, they didn't even have that many. Terrible.
The story ends at minute 10: Mussolini won't acknowledge her or the kid. Boom. There's the movie. She tries no new strategy to get what she wants, just insists over and over. Until she dies. After two hours of boring the hell out of me.
Movies need to go somewhere. Even Godard movies go somewhere. This just spins its wheels.
But, some pretty good performances. Not incredible, but good.
Also, for God's sake, they go to the movies like 1000 times in this. It was the turn of the century, they didn't even have that many. Terrible.