Pasolini's second film showcases Anna Magnani with a minimum of sentimentality in a bleak, pitiless Eternal City of the early '60s.
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This review of Mamma Roma (1962) was written by Bill Weber and published by Slant Magazine on 19 Jan 2011.
Mamma Roma has generally received very positive reviews.
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