September 7, 2009
A classy film.
Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale
Set in 1860s Sicily, this chronicle of the decline of an aristocratic family under the crushing weight of political change features some of the most riveting set pieces ever captured on film.
DVD Release Date: June 8, 2004
Stats: 300 reviews
Flixster Reviews (300)
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May 2, 2009for things to stay the same, everything must change. another epic about the collapse of the aristocracy and the death of all that's graceful and beautiful in life? set against the backdrop of garibaldi's campaign to free sicily from the bourbons, it's interesting for several re...( read more)
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April 29, 2008sad and overwhelming. superb Burt Lancaster. exquisite from the art department, to Visconti's elegant narration.
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July 15, 2007Burt Lancaster was Visconti's umpteenth choice to play the Prince. Funny how that works in the movie biz. This is definitely Lancaster's movie. Everyone, including Delon, takes a back seat to Lancaster's portrayal of a member of the waning aristocracy, almost begging for the e...( read more)
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October 10, 2009alain delon could convince me to do anything he wanted just by flashing those pretty blue eyes. eeing this movie fits in the category.
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September 25, 2009LETTERBOX. Extraordinaria en todo sentido. Su opulencia es lo que más llama la atención, pero aquí la ostentación no sobra, sino que está calculada para enmarcar un profundo entendimiento de la transformación histórica de un país, de una región y de sus protagonistas. Poblada de ...( read more)
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August 15, 2009Despite being mostly centered on one of the hottest FILFs in cinema history (Italian-speaking Burt Lancaster) the film had a dull message and was rather static within its mansion-house microcosm. Every so often a thirty-minute interval would appear that displayed some of the fami...( read more)
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August 9, 2009I had the doubt about if the film was going to be able to reproduce the complex thinking and deepness of the book from Lampedusa. However, the film just take the surface, and is not able to get into the real problem. It´s not a fault of the film, just a consequence of trying to a...( read more)
Critic Reviews
November 18, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 1, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Written by the only man who could have written it, directed by the only man who could have directed it, and stars the only man who could have played its title character. full review
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