The Last Kiss

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Summary: Meraviglioso!
Review: Here we see some very real reasons why the Italian and western birth rates are in serious decline. This is a very rare production indeed as it offers a male friendly take on the battle of the sexes. Gloria Steinem would clearly not approve. As far as the visuals go, the actresses are a feast and impossible not to appreciate. This makes The Last Kiss aesthetically valuable on its face but it is also rewarding in its highly politically incorrect analysis of life and marriage. Stasis as a way of moving forward in relationships is a pretty radical notion, yet it is one we are wise not to automatically dismiss.

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Summary: Riveting
Review: I don't know why this movie is marketed as a comedy. This movie focuses on friendship of four male friends. You probably can compare that with Sex and the City to a certain extent. There is the long-hair dude who fornicates with a new girl on a constant basis; a new father who is juggling with fatherhood & coping with his domineering wife who constantly thinks that he's not good enough; a sensitive traveller who doesn't want to be tied down by the business bequeathed by his dying father and his uncle & yet, funnily enough, attaching himself to his previous girlfriend who has since moved on; the main character who has a beautiful live-in partner who's pregnant with his child and suddenly, his mid-life crisis hits a full stride having to confront with buying a new house, being a father. To stir the pots further, the parents of his live-in partner also have a marriage crisis of their own. Of years staying together, they have lost the jest of living and the passion of loving one another. The wife wants badly to communicate with the husband & yet, the husband isn't responding which is rather ironic when the husband himself is a shrink and he gets paid for listening to people. To counter their crisis, they have Don Quixote's scheme of going travelling, having body piercing done, having illicit affairs with other people. In the end, the movie wants to reminds us all that be grateful for what we have and that normality is truly a revolution! A tour-de-force & I can truly say that the performances from all parties are riveting & you literally can feel the passions evoked here. The DVD has got additional features such as deleted scenes. Compulsive watching. Don't miss it!

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Summary: very easy to watch
Review: I thought this movie was entertaining, at times funny and worth watching. It didn't drag out too long and I liked the way it told different stories within the same movie.

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Summary: A movie worth watching
Review: I watch around ten movies a week, so I'm not so often moved by a film.
This is different. This film I loved. Is a piece of life.
No wonder it was record breaking when it was released in Italy. Five Donatellos¨(the italian oscar) to his record.
But the important thing is how this movie deals with everyday drama.
For this movie is a romantic comedy as well as an horror film.
The actors are simply magnificent, And the cinematographic aproach to the plot is superb, original and fresh.
I can't recomend this film enough.
Do yourself a favor ... and enjoy it!

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Summary: Muccino an incredible bluf
Review: Muccino are a director wich no particular ideas, your cinema visions are out of focus that don't communicate nothing at the audience.
I'm very hungry because this incredible poor director is an affront for the categories, and i hope that don't have the possibility to direct others movies afther RICORDATI DI ME.
Please don't pay to see this orrible movie.

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Summary: Peter Pan syndrome
Review: My take on the movie is that it's about men who refuse to grow up. A group of young Italian men is acting out, either through not being fully present in his marriage, not fully committing to his pregnant girlfriend, sleeping around, or not letting go of an ex-girlfriend. As a woman, I found this mildly annoying through much of the movie, but in the end I have to admit I enjoyed the light treatment of the subject. The acting is good, the cinematography beautiful. What's not to like?

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Summary: Relationships, Italian Style
Review: THE LAST KISS (L'ULTIMO BACIO) is writer/director Gabriele Muccino's astute view of relationships in contemporary Italy, a country long regarded as having marriages of convenience while masquerading affairs of the heart outside of the marriage. Muccino manages to examine a group of young men who are either 1)married with child and longing for the passion of yesterday 2) incapable of maturing into the role of committed adult 3) enjoying a non-married relationship until the specter of pregnancy threatens the passing of youthful freedom and lust or 4) sleep-around guys who can't move beyond an evening's moment of lust. There are many stories and films about today's youth being unable to partner for long-term relationships, but Muccino has the wisdom to have parallel stories about the parents of some of these youths and how middle age (and the threat of becoming grandparents) resurrects the fears of initial commitment.

Set beautifully in Italy and populated with an extraordinarily gifted ensemble of actors, this film is a roller coaster ride through the astringent downs and cascading highs of Love. Stefano Acorsi and Giovanna Mezzogiorno are the main couple whose lives we examine and it is their coming to grips with commitment when their fantasy love affair is altered by pregnancy. They both are superb and it is due to their credibility that the whole series of stories their situation initiates gathers our compassion. There is much to be learned from this sensitive film, and even more to be entertained. A sparkling survey of love, Italian Style!

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Summary: excellent film!!
Review: This movie was terrific! The characters were portrayed as very honest and genuine, as the plot follows the lives of 4 men who are afraid to grow up. The main character, Carlo gets involved in a bit of problem and learns a lesson. Definately a great movie and I haven't seen anything like this before!

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Summary: excellent film!!
Review: This movie was terrific! The characters were portrayed as very honest and genuine, as the plot follows the lives of 4 men who are afraid to grow up. The main character, Carlo gets involved in a bit of problem and learns a lesson. Definately a great movie and I haven't seen anything like this before!