Director Maurizio Nichetti is invited on TV to introduce a screening of his neo-realist classic 'The Icicle Thief'. He is horrified to discover that his black-and-white tale of life in poverty is constantly interrupted by garish color commercials, and even more horrified when a power cut in the studio causes film and commercials to mix up – a glamorous model finds herself in the arms of an unemployed pauper, while his wife finds herself in consumers' heaven. Nichetti has to break into the film to try to sort everything out.
The Icicle Thief has generally received positive reviews.
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The Icicle Thief was released in 1989 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving The Icicle Thief (1989) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Icicle Thief a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 68%, The Icicle Thief is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1989 with similar scores include films like Uncle Buck, Dead Calm and Shirley Valentine.
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