Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988) by Akihisa O — 28 Mar 2010

This movie changed my life & thoughts for someone I loved 30 years ago :).

This review of Cinema Paradiso (1988) was written by Akihisa O on 28 Mar 2010.

Cinema Paradiso has generally received very positive reviews.

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This is about as close to a PERFECT film as anything I've ever seen! It is just as superb as when I saw it in the theater in the 80's. Marvlous…

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By Jason M (2,623) on 21 Jul 2016

Ahhhh...romance, nostalgia... viva l'Italia, eh? Three hours on DVD, I might like to have seen the two-hour cut…

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The movie could have been benefited way better from the sweet and nostalgic friendship between young Totò and Alfredo, instead Giuseppe Tornatore…

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A nostalgia driven film made all the more enchanting with a beautiful score by Ennio Morricone…

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[Salvatore Cascio's] adorabilty-quotient can be a bit hard to take, but this is one of the better pieces of screen moppetry in recent years…

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