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Don't Move (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 58 Fresh: 27  Rotten:31 Average Rating: 5.8/10
 
Consensus: Sergio Castellitto's latest film has a heavy dose of melodrama and is populated with unlikable characters.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Synopsis: Based on a novel by his wife Margaret Mazzantini, actor-turned-director Sergio Castellitto's DON'T MOVE is a strikingly accomplished drama that features an unforgettable performance by Penelope Cruz. Successful doctor Timoteo (Castellitto) is shocked to discover that his... Based on a novel by his wife Margaret Mazzantini, actor-turned-director Sergio Castellitto's DON'T MOVE is a strikingly accomplished drama that features an unforgettable performance by Penelope Cruz. Successful doctor Timoteo (Castellitto) is shocked to discover that his fifteen-year-old daughter has been in a life-threatening motorcycle accident. As a fellow surgeon performs a dangerous procedure on her brain, Timoteo recalls a passionate affair he had before his daughter was born. He met the woman, Italia (Cruz), when his car broke down on the outskirts of the city. After an initial first encounter that resulted in Timoteo's brutally raping the hapless Italia, he found himself shunning his beautiful wife Elsa (Claudia Gerini) and returning to visit Italia more and more frequently. What began as a dark, shameful outlet for his disgust with his bourgeois existence grew to become a genuine love that would change Timoteo's--and Italia's--life forever. Dripping with sensuality, Castellitto's sprawling drama captures the exhilarations and frustrations of a man who is unable to come to grips with his ever-narrowing path in life. Yet DON'T MOVE belongs to Cruz, who delivers a heartbreaking performance that is devastating in its honesty and sadness. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Penélope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto, Claudia Gerini, Angela Finocchiaro, Marco Giallini

Director: Sergio Castellitto
Screenwriter: Sergio Castellitto, Margaret Mazzantini
Producer: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz
Composer: Lucio Godoy

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Jun 7, 2007

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04/01/06
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3/5

Thanks to [Cruz], Don't Move does move.

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03/13/05
Matthew Leyland
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2.5/5

Cruz is astonishingly determined to make us believe she's a dumpy slag... but frankly, she's more like a comedy sketch character

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02/26/05
Rich Cline
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Plausibly explores the question of whether a liaison initially based on a carnal assault and fueled by an unquenchable lust has any chance of evolving into a relationship based on intimacy, affection and genuine trust.

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06/01/07
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05/12/06
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review
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3/5

Imposible dejar de pensar en la asombrosa transformación, tanto física como emocional, a la que se sometió Penélope Cruz para encarnar a su Italia (...)

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11/14/05
Enrique Buchichio
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09/26/05
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2/10

Someday filmmakers will recognize that blackened teeth and bad makeup make beautiful actresses neither ugly nor brave.

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08/04/05
Josh Ralske
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07/23/05
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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2/5

Don't Move is saved from outright awfulness by the performances of its two leads.

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06/05/05
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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You don't like Don't Move, you admire it for daring to be a bit more complex, for caring about characters who are hard to care about and for plowing forward through all manner of ugly business.

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06/03/05
Tom Long
Detroit News
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Though beautifully shot and acted, Don't Move still holds limited appeal.

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06/03/05
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Romantic melodrama of the worst kind.

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05/27/05
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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The performances are exquisite.

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05/26/05
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Cruz...can't rescue the film as a whole from its combination of soapoperatic melodrama and pretentious musings on life and love.

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05/22/05
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05/21/05
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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4/5

Emocionalmente complexo, beneficia-se das belíssimas atuações da dupla principal, falhando apenas na escolha equivocada dos temas musicais e ao exagerar no melodrama.

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05/20/05
Pablo Villaca
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It has grand flourishes, bold strokes and a soundtrack that swells with emotional Italian and American rock, but it doesn't go over the edge of sentimentality. It's too hard-edged and its acting is too restrained and fine for that.

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05/20/05
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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