Liv Tyler,
Sinead Cusack,
Donal McCann,
Jeremy Irons,
Jean Marais
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This beautiful if ponderous soufflé of a film from director Bernardo Bertolucci serves more as an Italian travelogue than a drama. Liv Tyler stars as Lucy Harmon, an American teenager arriving in the ... read more
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Release Date: June 14, 1996
DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002
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October 27, 2008Liv Tyler plays Lucy who arrives in Tuscany to meet family, be sculpted, find out who her father is and to lose her virginity.
Liv is quite beautiful as is the Italian countryside, and coming of age stories are always fun, but this movie is tastefully done. -
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September 28, 2009Beautiful story.. the cinematography was amazing..
Bertolucci knows how to make the audience feel like they are part of the story..
Jeremy Irons is brilliant and Liv Tyler gives an amazing,mature performance.. -
September 9, 2009Liv Tyler goes to Italy with the intention of losing her virginity, "finding herself" and discovering who her Dad was in this arthouse gumpf. I think she managed to do all of the above, after an hour I got bored and found better things to do, so it was just on in the background.
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March 29, 2009This film blew me away. The hurt, love and pain expressed in this movie through the most simple way of cinematography is amazing. A classical film of life and death, of love and pain. One of Liv Lylers best acting jobs. I think that this is a film that maybe Americans won't real... read more
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August 29, 2007gorgeous. the pace. the shots. it's like being slowly and perfectly seduced by a long-time lover.
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August 10, 2007I liked it! This movie was funny and fun to watch.
Tuscany looks so beautiful and relaxing. Good looking people and that accent! I don't know what I was repeating but it sure sounded good!
Liv Tyler wasn't all that great in this but she did a good job portraying a virgin who ju... read more -
June 9, 2007You know you have a bad movie when your only highlight is seeing Rachel Weisz and Liv Tyler topless.
Critic Reviews
December 7, 2007
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
December 7, 2007
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
A civilized, mellow, and generally graceful chamber piece. Full Review
June 18, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
[Bertolucci] builds an homage to beauty around a sullen void. Full Review
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
In contrasting the sexuality and rebellion of Lucy's generation with his own, Bertolucci clearly yearns to rekindle his creative spirit.
February 14, 2001
Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
Even a lesser Bertolucci is an event, and Stealing Beauty has its charms. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie plays like the kind of line a rich older guy would lay on a teenage model, suppressing his own intelligence and irony in order to spread out before her the wonderful world he would like to g... Full Review
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
It may not be epic in scale; in artistic terms, though, it's huge.
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
What do you call a character study with shallow, sketchily-drawn characters, but a gorgeous setting? A scenery study, perhaps. Or an atmosphere study. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
For all the film's missteps, there is cause to echo the uncritical compliment bestowed by the playwright (Jeremy Irons) upon the film's ingenue (Liv Tyler): 'I so enjoyed watching you.' Full Review
January 2, 2011
Joyce Slaton, Common Sense Media
Meditation on sex, life, death; older teens only. Full Review
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