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06/24/06
Caterina in the Big City (2005)
89 %
Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 32 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Consensus:
This witty movie succeeds as both a modest teen coming-of-age story and a satirical microcosm of Italy's political climate.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: A coming of age story about a 15-year-old provincial girl who moves to Rome and finds her new tony private school is a microcosm of the cultural and political divisions of Italian society. When her parents, Giancarlo (Sergio Castellitto) and Agata (Margherita Buy), move from a seaside town in... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Sergio Castellitto, Margherita Buy, Alice Teghil, Carolina Iaquaniello, Galatea Ranzi
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08/16/07
On the surface, Caterina in the Big City is like Mean Girls, Italian-style. But it's much more layered than that.
11/03/05
The Italian Caterina in the Big City is sloppy, but it's on to something.
10/07/05
Caterina in the City is a coming-of-age story, of course, but its adult characters are also well rendered.
10/07/05
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09/26/05
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Caterina faces challenges in this coming-of-age movie, but nothing earth-shattering or exceptional.
09/23/05
It's an adolescent-to-adult drama that never veers into maudlin or sugary territory. There's a realness on screen that translates to any culture.
09/22/05
Though Caterina is unusually well-acted and crafted for this kind of movie ... Giancarlo is the one character who makes the movie special.
09/08/05
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08/27/05
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Played in a manic, volcanic manner by Castellitto, Giancarlo is a constant source of humor and embarrassment.
08/26/05
...a funny, affecting, and intricate comedy that continually surprises and gets better as it goes along.
08/04/05
It's not a satire, it's a family drama whose social and political thoughts flicker like a neon sign on the fritz. Alas, sentimentality is the movie's pilot light.
07/22/05
Caterina in the Big City won't change your life, but it moves along spiffily and the young Teghil is adorable as she adventures gamely onward.
07/15/05
A lovely and thoughtful exploration of the end of childhood innocence.
07/15/05
The film uses its surprisingly sly humor to win over the audience and also manages to say quite a bit about the differences between the haves and have-nots of the world, yet without becoming too full of itself.
07/15/05
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