53
Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittVery well acted and directed, if overlong.
- 75New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsLaura Morante gives a fiery, layered performance as the frustrated matriarch struggling to keep her clan together.
- 70VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyWhile Muccino has refined his technique over four features and has developed greater insight, his characteristic tendency toward hysteria remains. This keeps the drama fast and compelling, but also makes it slightly wearing at times.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAn abrasive but innovative fusion of farce, satire and drama that blurs their boundaries in uncomfortable ways. It's a noisy movie whose characters tend to talk at medium-to-high volume.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis sentimental movie is the simulacrum of an existential family drama. But the 48-year-old Morante is the real thing.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickLong-winded and often over-the-top Italian soap opera about a neurotic, middle-class Roman family.
- 40L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorIf it were less prone to soap-opera histrionics, this screechy saga of an upscale family collapsing under the weight of its members' self-absorption might have something worth saying about domestic politics in post-fascist, post-communist, post-socialist Italy.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA decorative Italian soap opera with an asterisk for earnest aspirations. Its beautiful people say painful things to each other in gorgeous clothes, and though the film expects us to take their problems seriously, it's awfully hard to do so.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAchieves the dubious distinction of featuring a large gallery of nearly all unlikable characters.