Review of Malena (2000) by Pravin T — 22 Nov 2007

BELLISIMA!!!

Awesome rendition of Mussolini's Italia and how it affected real peoples lives. And then theres Monica Bellucci... Diosa...

This review of Malena (2000) was written by Pravin T on 22 Nov 2007.

Malena has generally received positive reviews.

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Malena poses as a bounteously endowed, ripe, curvy Italian mamma, but metaphorically it's an undernourished cadaverous Kate Moss of a movie…

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Oh how trained the world is to expect Hollywood plots, Hollywood characters and Hollywood endings…

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Malena follows the story of an Italian boy and his awakening sexuality during the years of the Second World War…

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