N/A

Cast and production values are serviceable but bland and there are some hiccoughs in the story, making this intriguing film perhaps best suited for a viewing on DVD at home.

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08/17/05

4/5

Sus mayores logros quizás están en la manipulación de los dos tiempos en que se narra la película (...)

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02/07/05

3/5

[It] gives off a lot of pleasure: in the performances, the texture, the moment-by-moment changes in emotional temperature.

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10/30/04

5/10

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10/07/04

3/4

Strong performances by Girotti ... and Mezzogiorno make director Fernan Ozpetek's dovetailed stories of forbidden love compelling and vibrant.

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09/20/04

2/4

A shallow melodrama that seems more suited to daytime television or one of those Lifetime cable network movies.

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09/17/04

N/A

Ozpetek continues to explore his pet themes in his latest film while toning down the melodramatic excesses and meandering storylines that dragged down his previous work.

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09/09/04

N/A

Anyone who has been at a crossroads with difficult, life-changing choices to make in their adult life should be able to relate to his film.

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09/09/04

3/5

Undermines its central mystery while posing another: 'What in God's name is this film trying to say?'

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08/30/04

3/5

The characters are compelling enough to make it worth plowing through the subtitles.

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08/27/04

2/4

Aspires to be a self-actualization session for stifled wives, a plea for gay rights, a Holocaust story and a class in pastry appreciation, all at once...

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08/20/04

3.5/5

There are two stories in Facing Windows, one of them profound and deeply moving, the other pure soap opera.

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08/12/04

N/A

Provides a fine showcase for a rising star of Italian cinema, Giovanna Mezzogiorno ... and a final salute to an Italian veteran, Massimo Girotti.

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08/08/04

C+

Its easily digestible lessons on life failed to stimulate my more hard-edged appetite.

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08/02/04

2/5

Well-intentioned but overburdened.

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08/01/04

N/A

Mezzogiorno...rises about the melodrama with a soulful grace that recalls Monica Vitti in her Antonioni films.

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07/30/04

3/4

Ozpetek ends up with a lot of balls in the air, and he has to do some scrambling to keep up. He pulls it off, but it feels like he's making this harder than it needs to be.

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07/23/04