Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988) by Andrey B — 01 Aug 2016

What a beautiful nostalgic italian movie. Italian movies can be so unique, like this one.

This review of Cinema Paradiso (1988) was written by Andrey B on 01 Aug 2016.

Cinema Paradiso has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Cinema Paradiso

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Adam Mars-Jones (30) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 06 Dec 2018

[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…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Jeffrey K (264) on 02 May 2016

Fantastic cast, sweet story. The dubbed version is not as good as the original…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Oliver W (202) on 15 Jul 2018

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

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Xerra17 (1) on 06 Jul 2020

One of my favourites movies. Hay que verla sí o sí…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Camilla Long (212) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 22 Feb 2018

This is one of the finest films about innocence ever made, a perfect picture of a time when the cinema was the only source of laughter and joy…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Cole W (455) on 26 Dec 2017

A great example on how meaning and content are the most important features of any kind of artform…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Bavner D (52) on 16 Feb 2017

Sebuah film masterpiece yang luar biasa indahnya, brilliant, dan sempurna…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Dustin D (712) on 05 Dec 2016

(Regarding the American cut, not the bloated, mean-spirited original version.) Cinema Paradiso is a beautiful coming-of-age story involving…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Bill K (506) on 17 Apr 2018

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…

Read Review

Review of Cinema Paradiso (1988)

By Devin M (126) on 04 Jul 2016

Masterfully capitalizes on the feeling of nostalgia but comes up just a bit short in taking advantage of the great potential of its different…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of How to Deal (2003)

By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 13 Jul 2003

Not only badly plotted, performed, and thought-out, it's an example of what can happen when filmmakers don't have the first idea about the…

Read Review

Review of Crossroads (2002)

By Chris Kaltenbach (562) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 09 Aug 2015

It does wonders to a critic to know that [Britney] could be a continuing font of teen and post-teen kitsch for years to come…

Read Review

Review of The Beautician and the Beast (1997)

By Brian K (1,195) on 25 Nov 2006

Why was Fran Drescher ever popular?! I'd rather put my head I a vice than listen to her talk…

Read Review

Review of Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)

By Ashley T (533) on 16 Apr 2010

Nice art direction and the actors try their best, but the writing is just unbearable…

Read Review

Review of Khamsa (2008)

By Private U (13,627) on 14 Oct 2008

Un tres beau film fort, juste et derangeant qui sonne tellement vrai…

Read Review

Review of Gigi (1958)

By Mglovesfun (57) on 01 Sep 2020

Musically, it's a big miss (worse than My Fair Lady, which I don't particularly like). Plotwise, the same…

Read Review

Review of Saturday Church (2018)

By Diego Semerene (203) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Jan 2018

Writer-director Damon Cardasis follows a rather didactic approach to his 14-year-old's protagonist's plight in Saturday Church…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Cinema Paradiso

1988

86%675 Reviews

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

1991

63%359 Reviews

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2002

70%804 Reviews

Toy Story

1995

87%990 Reviews

End of Animal

2011

48%2 Reviews

Death Sentence

1974

57%587 Reviews

The First Wives Club

1996

65%514 Reviews

Sex and the City

2008

62%759 Reviews

Dersu Uzala

1975

85%189 Reviews

The Bling Ring

2013

54%837 Reviews