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Virzi approaches mawkishness but he never crosses the line. Aug 25, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4
Virzi approaches mawkishness but he never crosses the line.
Tom Keogh
"The First Beautiful Thing'' is shameless, and, damn it, I cried anyway. Jun 9, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
"The First Beautiful Thing'' is shameless, and, damn it, I cried anyway.
Ty Burr
Occasionally affecting but unremarkable. Apr 20, 2011 | Full Review…
Occasionally affecting but unremarkable.
Jay Weissberg
Virzi has hit his stride in this polished but delicate comedy-drama. Apr 20, 2011 | Full Review…
Virzi has hit his stride in this polished but delicate comedy-drama.
Natasha Senjanovic
It's filled with its own artfulness and warmth. Apr 20, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's filled with its own artfulness and warmth.
Joe Neumaier
Virsi sharpens the sentimentality of the emotional setup to a nicely serrated edge. Apr 15, 2011 | Full Review…
Virsi sharpens the sentimentality of the emotional setup to a nicely serrated edge.
Ella Taylor
A warm and welcome foreign film treat about learning to cope with the fact that one's parents are actually people too. Jul 14, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…
A warm and welcome foreign film treat about learning to cope with the fact that one's parents are actually people too.
Brent Simon
The high-pitched emotions, gesticulations and occasional near-hysteria seem completely normal and genuine. Jul 7, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
The high-pitched emotions, gesticulations and occasional near-hysteria seem completely normal and genuine.
Stan Hall
A lovely Italian throwback about a loner vocational school professor coming to terms with the death of his mother and the sources of his present-day unhappiness. Jun 10, 2011 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
A lovely Italian throwback about a loner vocational school professor coming to terms with the death of his mother and the sources of his present-day unhappiness.
James Verniere
It's especially striking how effectively Ramazotti's and Sandrelli's performances as Anna blend together so smoothly. Together, they create a portrait of a woman who lacked all the necessary skills to be a parent, except to fiercely love her children. Jun 10, 2011 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's especially striking how effectively Ramazotti's and Sandrelli's performances as Anna blend together so smoothly. Together, they create a portrait of a woman who lacked all the necessary skills to be a parent, except to fiercely love her children.
Rob Thomas
The film becomes wearisome due to Virzì's indulgent use of busy, overstated flashbacks. Jun 10, 2011 | Full Review…
The film becomes wearisome due to Virzì's indulgent use of busy, overstated flashbacks.
Gerald Peary
In films such as the Italian The First Beautiful Thing, the mother/whore dichotomy collapses in whimsical ways: The mother is the whore. Apr 17, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
In films such as the Italian The First Beautiful Thing, the mother/whore dichotomy collapses in whimsical ways: The mother is the whore.
Diego Semerene
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