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For those willing to overlook its few slips into heavy-handedness, "Corpo Celeste" tells a compelling story of a 12-year-old girl thrust into a strange new world. Jun 29, 2012 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
For those willing to overlook its few slips into heavy-handedness, "Corpo Celeste" tells a compelling story of a 12-year-old girl thrust into a strange new world.
Walter V. Addiego
"Corpo Celeste" often stumbles, along with its 12-year-old heroine, Marta (Yle Vianello). Jun 8, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
"Corpo Celeste" often stumbles, along with its 12-year-old heroine, Marta (Yle Vianello).
Rachel Saltz
Alice Rohrwacher's debut fictional feature is an uncommonly insightful portrait of nascent womanhood, assisted in no small measure by Vianello's disarmingly naturalistic performance. Jun 5, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Alice Rohrwacher's debut fictional feature is an uncommonly insightful portrait of nascent womanhood, assisted in no small measure by Vianello's disarmingly naturalistic performance.
Eric Hynes
Corpo Celeste would be a treat in any season, but it's particularly refreshing amid the summer-movie bombast. Jun 5, 2012 | Full Review…
Corpo Celeste would be a treat in any season, but it's particularly refreshing amid the summer-movie bombast.
Mark Holcomb
An accomplished debut. Mar 29, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
An accomplished debut.
Peter Bradshaw
Vianello gives a lovely, unforced performance as Marta, who begins to see that the blue-eyed, open-armed fuzzy Jesus she's being sold is a fake. Mar 27, 2012 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Vianello gives a lovely, unforced performance as Marta, who begins to see that the blue-eyed, open-armed fuzzy Jesus she's being sold is a fake.
Cath Clarke
A good performance from newcomer Yile Vianello as Marta holds much of the film together. Aug 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A good performance from newcomer Yile Vianello as Marta holds much of the film together.
Isabel Stevens
Though at times heavy-handed in its imagery and slow-paced, Rohrwacher's debut feature is remarkably unadorned and touching, putting forth a realistic portrait of modern Italy at a time when the country faces economic hardship as well as cultural changes. Jun 28, 2013 | Full Review…
Though at times heavy-handed in its imagery and slow-paced, Rohrwacher's debut feature is remarkably unadorned and touching, putting forth a realistic portrait of modern Italy at a time when the country faces economic hardship as well as cultural changes.
Meredith Slifkin
A heavenly coming-of-age film. Oct 25, 2012 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
A heavenly coming-of-age film.
Dennis Schwartz
There are moments that suggest the director might do something better next time. Mar 31, 2012 | Full Review…
There are moments that suggest the director might do something better next time.
Philip French
Neither lights a fuse to our brains or hearts. Mar 29, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Neither lights a fuse to our brains or hearts.
Nigel Andrews
Quietly compelling, the cerebral slice of social realism is well worth hunting down. Mar 27, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Quietly compelling, the cerebral slice of social realism is well worth hunting down.
David Parkinson
Upon returning to her native Italy from Switzerland, Rita(Anita Caprioli) decides it is time for her younger daughter Marta(Yle Vianello) to go to religion classes by starting at the end with her confirmation. As an introduction, the family goes on a nighttime pilgrimage, followed by a religious demonstration where Father Mario's(Salvatore Cantalupo) cell phone goes off at the worst possible moment. Otherwise, Marta leads a normal life of a girl not quite 13 as she hogs the bathroom, borrows her older sister Rosa's(Maria Luisa de Crescenzo) clothing, has a finicky diet and does some of the cooking. Ok, so that last part is not so normal... I think what "Corpo Celeste" desperately wants to be about is a girl's coming of age, both intellectually and physically, but can't stay focused long enough, as it gets distracted by the smallest detail.(Oh, look! It's a cat!) That interferes with any chance of seeing the world through Marta's eyes. At this point, it is filled with religion but the movie does not have sharp enough satirical teeth for the task at hand. Look, I know religion can be a really prickly subject but you still have to know what you want to say. Is it that the Church has gotten so far away from its teachings(trust me on this, somebody will remember and that person might be Marta) that it has become just another pageant or does it have to become showy to stay relevant in the modern age? Make up your mind.
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