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Box Office: $4,409,992
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CONSENSUS
Unlike many romantic comedies, the charming Italian for Beginners feels natural and genuinely heart-warming.
CAST & CREW
Anders W. Berthelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk
Directed by Lone Scherfig
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SYNOPSIS
In this beautiful, understated film, every character possesses a naive, heartbreaking honesty and every line communicates the sweet simplicity of basic human longing. more...
MPAA RATING
R, language and some sexuality
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jan 18, 2002
Video: Oct 15, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Miramax Films
GENRE
Foreign Films, Danish, Drama, Romance, Small Town Life
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Italian for Beginners Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
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TRAILER & MEDIA
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 "Unlike the speedy wham-bam effect of most Hollywood offerings, character development -- and more importantly, character empathy -- is at the heart of Italian for Beginners."
-- Jessica Yadegaran, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
 "Ensemble movies, like soap operas, depend on empathy. If there ain't none, you have a problem."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
"a delightful romantic comedy with plenty of bite. It’s far from a frothy piece, and the characters are complex, laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"A dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any Hollywood fluff."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"... an enjoyably frothy 'date movie'..."
-- Jim Slotek, JAM! MOVIES
"A pleasant enough movie, held together by skilled ensemble actors."
-- William A. Sievert, ORLANDO WEEKLY
"Without a strong script and energetic acting, Dogma films can produce the same sleep-inducing effects as watching your neighbor's home videos."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"Works because, for the most part, it avoids the stupid cliches and formulaic potholes that befall its brethren."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"Romantic comedy and Dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows, but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here."
-- Connie Ogle, MIAMI HERALD
"Although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking, the characters make Italian for Beginners worth the journey"
-- John A. Nesbit, CULTUREDOSE.NET
"Uplifting, funny and wise."
-- Donald Munro, FRESNO BEE
"An incredibly low-rent Danish film, it brings a group of people together in a sweet and charming way, if a little convenient"
-- Karina Montgomery, CINERINA
"A charming romantic comedy that is by far the lightest Dogme film and among the most enjoyable."
-- Marc Mohan, OREGONIAN
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"The deft blending of the serious with the silly makes for a
recipe that proves wonderfully satisfying."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"If this is the Danish idea of a good time, prospective tourists might want to consider a different destination -- some jolly country embroiled in a bloody civil war, perhaps."
-- Steve Simels, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"It's a charming and often affecting journey."
-- Ed Scheid, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Obligada para impotentes, daneses, camareras italianas, profesores de idiomas, y todo aquel que desee una lengua para expresar su amor."
-- Alex Ramirez, CINENGANOS
"A funny, charming ensemble piece so delightful you may find you can't stop smiling even when the movie ends."
-- Jean Oppenheimer, NEW TIMES
"Scherfig's light-hearted profile of emotional desperation is achingly honest and delightfully cheeky."
-- Frank Ochieng, FILMCRITIC.COM
"While the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an American movie might demand, Scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a Hollywood production."
-- Paula Nechak, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"[Scherfig] has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters' lives after the clever credits roll."
-- Roger Moore, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"Italian for Beginners may end up a footnote to the Dogma movement history books, but it's a most pleasant little addendum."
-- Eric Monder, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Give Italian a try!"
-- Danny Minton, KBTV-NBC (BEAUMONT, TX)
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FRESH 88%
Avg. Rating: 7.2/10 |
"A delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a Copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life tosses at them."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Sweetly sexy, funny and touching."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Unlike lots of Hollywood fluff, this has layered, well-developed characters and some surprises."
-- Jane Sumner, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"If there was a flu shot for the blues, it might come in the form of this embraceable ode to loneliness and love regained."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"Scherfig, who has had a successful career in TV, tackles more than she can handle."
-- Jeff Strickler, MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
"It sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"The combination of lightness and strictness in this instance gives Italian for Beginners an amiable aimlessness that keeps it from seeming predictably formulaic."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"There are moments it can be heart-rending in an honest and unaffected (and gentle) way."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
"This charming but slight tale has warmth, wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed."
-- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
"Scherfig, the writer-director, has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar. Yes, soar."
-- Carla Meyer, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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"Schefberg has the courage to make the story messily un-formulaic."
-- Nell Minow, MOVIE MOM
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Italian for Beginners" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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