The gritty performances outweigh the film's outrageous dramatics.
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05/20/05
Don't Move (2005)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:28
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Sergio Castellitto's latest film has a heavy dose of melodrama and is populated with unlikable characters.
Theatrical Release:Mar 11, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Based on a novel by his wife Margaret Mazzantini, actor-turned-director Sergio Castellitto's DON'T MOVE is a strikingly accomplished drama that features an unforgettable performance by Penelope... [More]
Starring: Penélope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto, Claudia Gerini, Angela Finocchiaro
Director: Sergio Castellitto
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Reviews for Don't Move
Violent and passionate, the film explores ego and salvation with exceptional performances.
04/19/05
[Cruz] gives an unforgettable portrayal of a beautifully raw and innocent woman whose capacity for love towers over all who would despoil her.
05/17/04
Top CriticPenélope Cruz proves that she is more than just a pretty face in this overlong melodrama.
04/02/05
Despite all the faults, Don't Move is an engrossing movie experience.
04/15/05
See what Cruz is capable of when not under overpowering commercial forces and with material that allows her to turn in one of her truest performances.
11/30/04
Imposible dejar de pensar en la asombrosa transformación, tanto física como emocional, a la que se sometió Penélope Cruz para encarnar a su Italia (...)
11/14/05
A perversely compelling collection of ghastly ideas...
04/27/05
Castellitto keeps cranking up the melodrama and l'amour fou, and after a while you realize he has no idea when to stop.
04/15/05
Top Criticultimately becomes too overwrought and sentimental...Still, Castellitto has helmed a very engaging and ofttimes moving film
04/09/05
Penelope Cruz gives a powerhouse performance
04/07/05
Cruz is astonishingly determined to make us believe she's a dumpy slag... but frankly, she's more like a comedy sketch character
02/26/05
Two desperate, unlikable people hungry for any thread of compassion - it oozes melodrama and tries to be steamy, but is mostly pathetic.
05/19/05
Preposterously bad.
03/11/05
Castellitto's references to Federico Fellini's put-upon prostitute drama The Nights of Cabiria (1957) only reinforces the unsavory undercurrent of female exploitation.
03/11/05
Cruz gives a daring performance, for more reasons than her willingness to adopt a look that resembles a beat-up Chihuahua.
03/17/05
Now here's a daring version of l'amour fou.
03/16/05
Top CriticLong on visual affections and unexamined smut but short on insight, the film’s view of human behavior is as offensive as it is preposterously simpleminded.
02/07/05
We just don't learn enough to compensate for feeling so little.
04/15/05
Top CriticThough sprung from the mind of a woman, the film plays like a hetero male fantasy of tortured love.
03/17/05
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