Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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During a journey from Central Europe to Rome, characters connect through casual encounters and set forth a story of love, chance and sacrifice. One older businessman finds solace and a new insight into life when he is forced to wait at the train station due to bad weather. A young man is reminded of life's obligations but is also introduced to love. And three Scottish youths on their way to the football match of their dreams are forced to open their eyes and see the bigger picture. One single
Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.
Sep 26, 2006
Medusa Film
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)
These type of portmanteau films seldom work out as well as does this one.
Olmi's first piece is certainly the most substantial and subtle of the film's three episodes, but it is also strangely the least engaging, with a pace that recalls the endless delays of British Rail rather than the more efficient services on the continent
Worth cherishing.
full review in Greek
This is a marvelous character study, a terrific exercise in cinematic storytelling, and one of the year's best films.
More benign than Three...Extremes and less uneven than Eros, Tickets offers a triptych of slender yet genuine delights.
"Tickets" is remarkable for an omnibus movie as the segments directed by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami and Ken Loach are all set on the same plane of reality of one train heading south from Vienna to Rome. Like most other omnibus movies, it is wildly uneven with the best segment being the first by Ermanno Olmi which
February 19, 2010Super Reviewer
I like this movie. Enjoyable beginning to end. There is no overall story arc, so don't look for that. Just travelers, on a train. Not a travelogue, not at all: a journey of personal interactions. Vividly portrayed, realistic, convincing. Not lacking for drama though!
November 18, 2011
Super Reviewer
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