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The First Beautiful Thing
Directed by
Paolo Virzì
Not Rated
2010
2h 2m
Drama
,
Comedy
7.0
74%
71%
7.2
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A misanthropic professor returns to his hometown to assist his dying mother.
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Cast of The First Beautiful Thing
Valerio Mastandrea
Bruno Michelucci
Micaela Ramazzotti
Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 1971-1981
Stefania Sandrelli
Anna Nigiotti in Michelucci 2009
Claudia Pandolfi
Valeria Michelucci
Marco Messeri
Il Nesi
Fabrizia Sacchi
Sandra
Aurora Frasca
Valeria Michelucci 1971
Giacomo Bibbiani
Bruno Michelucci 1971
Giulia Burgalassi
Valeria Michelucci 1981
Francesco Rapalino
Bruno Michelucci 1981
Sergio Albelli
Mario Michelucci
Isabella Cecchi
Zia Leda Nigiotti
Emanuele Barresi
Roberto Lenzi
Dario Ballantini
Avvocato Cenerini
Paolo Ruffini
Cristiano Cenerini
Fabrizio Brandi
Giancarlo 2009
Jacopo Dini
Giancarlo 1981
Michele Crestacci
Luciano Vallesi
Roberto Rondelli
Armando Mansani (as Bobo Rondelli)
Sirio Malfatti
Professor Cerrai
The First Beautiful Thing Ratings & Reviews
El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
Rene Jordan
Perhaps a bit too long with a tendency to lose itself in a labyrinth of flashbacks. [Full review in Spanish]
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
Virzi approaches mawkishness but he never crosses the line.
Shockya.com
Brent Simon
A warm and welcome foreign film treat about learning to cope with the fact that one's parents are actually people too.
Oregonian
Stan Hall
The high-pitched emotions, gesticulations and occasional near-hysteria seem completely normal and genuine.
Boston Herald
James Verniere
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.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Rob Thomas
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.
Boston Phoenix
Gerald Peary
The film becomes wearisome due to Virz's indulgent use of busy, overstated flashbacks.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"The First Beautiful Thing'' is shameless, and, damn it, I cried anyway.
Variety
Jay Weissberg
Occasionally affecting but unremarkable.
The Hollywood Reporter
Natasha Senjanovic
Virzi has hit his stride in this polished but delicate comedy-drama.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
It's filled with its own artfulness and warmth.
Slant Magazine
Diego Semerene
In films such as the Italian The First Beautiful Thing, the mother/whore dichotomy collapses in whimsical ways: The mother is the whore.
NPR
Ella Taylor
Virsi sharpens the sentimentality of the emotional setup to a nicely serrated edge.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
It's sappy and predictable -- fun to watch, perhaps, but instantly forgettable.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
A tender, captivating and well-acted drama abundant in humor and heart.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
Comedy and poignancy weave together in Mr. Virz's hands, but the maudlin meter only occasionally goes into the red zone.
Village Voice
Michelle Orange
Virz's delicate touch and the cast's uniformly captivating performances make that reckoning a lovely, charmingly melancholy thing to watch.
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