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I Vitelloni (1953)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:22

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Five adolescent loafers in the Adriatic city of Romini postpone adulthood by idling in their home town. Fellini's elegy to the passage of youth reveals true insights through the characters of the... Five adolescent loafers in the Adriatic city of Romini postpone adulthood by idling in their home town. Fellini's elegy to the passage of youth reveals true insights through the characters of the likeable boys, one of whom depends on his sister while another is a careless Lothario. [More]

Starring: Alberto Sordi, Franco Interlenghi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste

Starring: Alberto Sordi, Franco Interlenghi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste

Director: Federico Fellini

Director: Federico Fellini

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Aug 24, 2004

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One of Fellini's greatest films (and first international hit) is a poignant, bitter-sweet satire about a clique of male friends who refuse or can't grow up into adulthood. The movie had influence on Scorsese, Levinson Lucas and other American directors.

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06/26/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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02/27/09
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This is one of Fellini's best character studies and films.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/24/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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11/27/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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This semiautobiographical work by Federico Fellini was the first film to bring him a measure of world attention.

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08/29/06
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01/26/06
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Although the plot moves between set pieces, its dramatic structure is centered on the characters, individuals caught between terminal stasis and illegitimate dreams.

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12/02/04
Doug Cummings
Doug Cummings
Filmjourney

This dilemma between the desire not to mature and the infallibility of age is best summated in Nino Rota’s score. It highlights the film’s beautiful final shots and lends the final exit an air of playful hope.

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
09/21/04
Rumsey Taylor
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

It's as wistful and sad as it is funny and charming, with the first of Nino Rota's great scores to keep it burbling along.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
08/07/04
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

Proof of Fellini's early genius as a storyteller.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
08/03/04
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
BBC

Offers us the rare chance to witness a filmmaker becoming a master filmmaker, as well as the birth of an important relationship with composer Nino Rota.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
06/10/04
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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05/29/04
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times

What stays fresh (and enhanced by the beautifully restored black- and-white print) is how so many of Fellini's gifts and obsessions are already apparent in this early work.

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04/23/04
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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It was this ineffably poignant semiautobiographical reverie that unleashed fully Fellini's shimmering, flowing poetic style.

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03/25/04
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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This most poetic of films is suffused by a depiction of emotional ties that Fellini respects profoundly while revealing how they can entrap an individual as surely as a ball and chain.

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03/25/04
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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One of the screen's great portrayals of the hell-raising and malaise of young men in their 20s.

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02/19/04
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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If you have warm memories of American Graffiti, Diner, Mean Streets or even TV's Seinfeld, you owe it to yourself to see the masterpiece that inspired them all.

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02/12/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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A must-see for Fellini enthusiasts and a worthwhile investment for everyone else.

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12/12/03
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Besides being the film that most influenced Martin Scorsese's breakthrough Mean Streets, this 1953 release remains the last word on friendship and disillusionment.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
12/11/03
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
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stands alongside Amarcord as an earlier reminiscence of Fellini's life in Rimini

Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
12/08/03
John A. Nesbit
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