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A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
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| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeA refreshingly mature, non-adversarial take on its subject. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottIf Dormant Beauty does not rank among Mr. Bellocchio’s best movies, it nonetheless still occasionally shows him at his best. His eye for the latent beauty and evident absurdity of Italian life remains acute, as does his appreciation for vivid performance. |
| Film Comment MagazineJared EisenstatDespite the awkward narrative structure, the choppy film serves as a welcome showcase for ably understated performances from veteran Toni Servillo and rising talent Alba Rohrwacher, and a coolly burning Isabelle Huppert. |
| The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe film’s well-written, beautifully performed (not least from Huppert, who’s typically stunning as her icy, grief-stricken matriarch, and the moving Servillo, of “Il Divo” and “Gomorrah” fame), and nicely made, if a good 15 minutes overlong. |
| Hollywood & FineMarshall FineLike Bellocchio's draggy, overrated Vincere, this movie wants us to believe in its depth, while mostly just skimming the surface. |
| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonThe Vesuvius of social-psychological potboilers. All the screaming and twice the anguish of the average Italian movie. |
| The Film StageEthan VestbyAn unabashed melodrama, one that obviously wants to have its finger on the pulse of today, yet unafraid of pulling tricks both sincere and comical. |
| Village VoiceStephanie ZacharekSubtle emotional intelligence has always distinguished Bellocchio's filmmaking, and Dormant Beauty is constructed from fine-grained layers of it, the filmmaker's equivalent of a master cabinetmaker's craft. |
| The NationStuart KlawansBellocchio may sometimes shut these characters in their rooms, but his view of them all is as open in mind and spirit as a film can be. |
| VarietyJay Weissberg"Beauty" has numerous scenes of enormous power, though removing one unnecessary plot strand would allow deeper probing elsewhere. |