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10/23/07
The Canterbury Tales (1971)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:5
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini's sexually explicit retelling of "The Canterbury Tales" take Chaucer's famous stories into the realm of wild expressionism and beyond. Filmed on location in... [More]
Starring: Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Hugh Griffith, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Reviews for The Canterbury Tales
1 - 8 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticIt can be hard going at times, especially with the post-production dubbing of sound and the blank, detached acting Pasolini demanded, but it also contains some very funny and superbly-shot sequences.
05/24/03
Top CriticAfter the formidable commercial success of his bawdy Decameron, Pier Pasolini applied the same formula to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales with somewhat less appealing results.
10/23/07
Top CriticIf Pasolini had something more than grubby fantasy on his mind -- and presumably he did -- it isn't immediately apparent.
10/23/07
No review available.
10/21/07
No review available.
06/30/05
In contrast to the Italy of Pasolini's Decameron, the England of The Canterbury Tales is much more harsh in its treatment of vice of all kinds.
04/14/04
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