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Ciao (2008)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:4

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for langage including sexual references

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Dec 5, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: A man dies very unexpectedly and leaves behind two men: Jeff, his best friend and Andrea, an Italian he’s been corresponding with online. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark’s passing; Andrea writes back... A man dies very unexpectedly and leaves behind two men: Jeff, his best friend and Andrea, an Italian he’s been corresponding with online. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark’s passing; Andrea writes back to express his shock and sympathies. On a whim, they continue their correspondence and a rapport grows between them. They eventually meet, where they extend their e-mail exchanges into more personal and intimate conversations. They talk about their respective countries, their jobs, their families, their lives. Mostly, they talk about Mark. What began as a tragedy that linked two strangers from different ends of the world becomes a deeply realized friendship that may change their lives forever.--© Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza, Charles W. Baum, Ethel Lung

Starring: Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza, Charles W. Baum, Ethel Lung

Director: Yen Tan

Director: Yen Tan
Screenwriter: Yen Tan, Alessandro Calza
Producer: Jim McMahon
Composer: Stephan Altman
Studio: Regent Releasing

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Gerald Peary
Gerald Peary
Boston Phoenix

In Yen Tan's glacially paced movie (every shot is relentlessly symmetrical), the actors are squares in graph-paper compositions.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
01/30/09
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Yen Tan's Ciao is a revelation, a minimalist work of maximum effect. It is determinedly understated and consistently expressive, beautifully composed yet never studied.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/29/08
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It's made on the smallest of budgets and features awkward if sincere performances, yet Yen Tan's film still manages to strike a series of plangent emotional truths about speaking one's heart and moving on.

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12/19/08
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Ciao moves at a snail's pace. It feels long even at its abbreviated length.

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12/12/08
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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The story is so minimal that it almost doesn't exist.

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12/05/08
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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In theory, there's no reason a movie shouldn't endeavor to be somber and tentatively hopeful at the same time. In practice, unfortunately, Ciao is depressing and ploddingly elegiac.

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12/05/08
John P. McCarthy
John P. McCarthy
Boxoffice Magazine

Deeply sincere and exceedingly slow even at 87 minutes, Ciao involves two strangers who become acquaintances after the death of a mutual friend.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
12/05/08
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
New York Times
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The plotline of 'Ciao' is trite -- and the filmmaking itself drags.

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12/04/08
Donald J. Levit
Donald J. Levit
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

It’s hard to shake the feeling that the onscreen words stick too close to the facts: The dialogue drags, making the viewer like an invisible third wheel at a nervous, slightly dull first date.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
12/03/08
Anna King
Anna King
Time Out New York

The film's calculatingly minimalist style is in many ways as affected as all the gay Amerindie films at which writer-director Yen Tan snottily thumbs his nose.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
12/03/08
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Village Voice
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Helmer/co-scripter Tan conceives of his two characters as complementing each other within a minor key.

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10/18/08
Ronnie Scheib
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Variety
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