My Brother Is An Only Child (2006)
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Reviews Counted:58
Fresh:50
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Luchetti takes advantage of the storyline's historical context without sacrificing his cast's fine performances or the script's light wit.
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Already a smash in its native Italy, MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD, which was presented at this year’s Cannes and Toronto film festivals, reunites director Luchetti with longtime collaborators Sandro... [More]
Starring: Angela Finocchiaro, Luca Zingaretti, Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio
Director: Daniele Luchetti
Reviews for My Brother Is An Only Child
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It's an engrossing political love story, with a strong sense of the shadings within the daily lives of these characters. Full Review |
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 2.5/5 |
Fast-paced, well-acted and acute about sibling rivalry, the film nonetheless fails to leave a strong impression. Full Review |
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4/5 |
This is such a lovely film from writer/director Daniele Luchetti, nostalgic perhaps, but with that indefinable Italian whimsy that takes serious political themes and undermines them beautifully. Full Review |
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The performances are astonishing, perhaps enabled by the flawless script. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The film, which argues that blood brotherhood is stronger than political brotherhoods, vibrates with their youthful energy and ardor. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Daniele Luchetti's fluent, heartfelt Italian picture is the story of two brothers born after the war, who come of age in the 1960s and drift apart in the paranoid, violent, sour political atmosphere of Italy in the 70s. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A merry swirl of vital, passionate performances. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Despite the awards pedigree, the drama is a bit of a slog at times, with Accio taking seemingly ages to come of age, but nobody said growing up was easy. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
"Only Child" is both funny and heartbreaking, and incredibly adept at shifting between lighter and darker tones. Full Review |
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Although familiarity with Italian politics helps in appreciating this film, anyone can enjoy this energetic tale of a house divided. Full Review |
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Although familiarity with Italian politics helps in appreciating this film, anyone can enjoy this energetic tale of a house divided. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
The linkage in this movie between politics and family dynamics is a point well taken, but the movie -- whose sense of frenetic activity going nowhere is captured by Luchetti's buoyant camera -- does go on and on before anyone learns anything. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The best thing about the movie are the performances, all of which are outstanding; in particular, Angela Finocchiaro, who plays the long-suffering mother, is superb. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Sometimes, under a torrent of social pressures, water runs faster, if not thicker, than blood, and even the strongest bonds drown in the flood. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
The film's early affability eventually wears out, and a sharp turn into deadly seriousness feels out of place. Full Review |
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3/4 |
My Brother Is an Only Child is a buoyant, handsomely crafted film. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A coming-of-age story about a young man who – like the era he was born into – has no idea how to come of age, except by violent fits and starts, in all directions, to varying ends, and ready to change course whenever the mood strikes. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
You don't need a degree in political science to love this film...The film entertainingly demonstrates that the bonds of blood are stronger than those of ideology. Full Review |
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3/4 |
That it clicks is largely due to the daredevil chemistry of the actors playing the brothers, who can be a handful whenever they're together. Full Review |
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B |
In this lively drama of rebellion and revolution, emotion is even more inflammatory than politics. Full Review |
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