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An Italian neorealism exemplar, Bicycle Thieves thrives on its non-flashy performances and searing emotion.
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This gem tells the story of a frantic search bv a man and his son for a stolen bike which provided for the family's existence. It is told with the usual Italian realism, but with unusual excitement. March 29, 2019 | Full Review…
This gem tells the story of a frantic search bv a man and his son for a stolen bike which provided for the family's existence. It is told with the usual Italian realism, but with unusual excitement.
Bob Thomas
Decades later, you can see the influence of Bicycle Thieves everywhere, in a variety of genres and languages. February 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Decades later, you can see the influence of Bicycle Thieves everywhere, in a variety of genres and languages.
Christy Lemire
Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves is tender and immediate, a simple tale of a man whose bike is stolenwhen his job and life depends upon it. August 13, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves is tender and immediate, a simple tale of a man whose bike is stolenwhen his job and life depends upon it.
Kate Muir
The work of screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, director Vittorio De Sica, the nonprofessional actors, and many others is so charged with a common purpose that there's no point in even trying to separate their achievements. January 14, 2013 | Full Review…
The work of screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, director Vittorio De Sica, the nonprofessional actors, and many others is so charged with a common purpose that there's no point in even trying to separate their achievements.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Undeniably the most important neorealist film after Rossellini's Open City. January 14, 2013 | Full Review…
Undeniably the most important neorealist film after Rossellini's Open City.
Don Druker
De Sica carefully balances a generally tragic sensibility with a quiet undercurrent of hope, all the while sucking us into the story with the sheer urgency of the search for a stolen bicycle. November 18, 2011 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
De Sica carefully balances a generally tragic sensibility with a quiet undercurrent of hope, all the while sucking us into the story with the sheer urgency of the search for a stolen bicycle.
Hank Sartin
Deceptively simple, Vittorio De Sica's cinematic masterpiece features unequalled, authentic performances by non-actors. August 3, 2020 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
Deceptively simple, Vittorio De Sica's cinematic masterpiece features unequalled, authentic performances by non-actors.
Mike Massie
So immediate is the reality of its experience that the audience seldom notices the excellence of its directorial craftsmanship. January 24, 2020 | Full Review…
So immediate is the reality of its experience that the audience seldom notices the excellence of its directorial craftsmanship.
Merl Edelman
If there ever was a picture whose impact left one realizing that men who are tortured are the same in any country -- this is the movie. October 30, 2019 | Full Review…
If there ever was a picture whose impact left one realizing that men who are tortured are the same in any country -- this is the movie.
Robert Ellis
A poetic tragi-comedy from Italy, at times recalling the art of Chaplin at his best in its blending of laughter and tears. It was masterfully directed by Vittorio De Sica. October 9, 2019 | Full Review…
A poetic tragi-comedy from Italy, at times recalling the art of Chaplin at his best in its blending of laughter and tears. It was masterfully directed by Vittorio De Sica.
Clyde Gilmour
Sparse, melancholy, and strikingly real, Bicycle Thieves has the haggard, hangdog feel of a documentary, with a dramatic structure so subtle that its shattering climax almost comes as a blindside. June 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Sparse, melancholy, and strikingly real, Bicycle Thieves has the haggard, hangdog feel of a documentary, with a dramatic structure so subtle that its shattering climax almost comes as a blindside.
Matthew Lucas
It's not hyperbole to flatly state that this is one of the all-time greats in the annals of cinema; on my own list, only Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal ranks higher when it comes to foreign-language films. April 9, 2016 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
It's not hyperbole to flatly state that this is one of the all-time greats in the annals of cinema; on my own list, only Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal ranks higher when it comes to foreign-language films.
Matt Brunson
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