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05/24/03
Senso (1955)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:5
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: An extravagantly romantic story about the tempestuous affair between an Italian countess and a dashing Austrian officer. When war and revolution break out, the contessa becomes torn between her... [More]
Reviews for Senso
1 - 10 (sorted by fresh rating; UK critics are listed first)
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01/26/06
Top CriticVisconti counterposes romance and rebellion in this historical tale of love and betrayal.
08/28/06
Top CriticNo review available.
09/26/05
A lush, melodramatic portrait of seduction and betrayal, decadence and deceit in the midst of Italy's resistance to Austrian occupation in the mid-19th century.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/05/05
Triumphs on the strength of [Alida Valli's] presence..you'd have to go very far to find a more luscious movie.
07/13/08
It is an obvious, rudimentary operatic approach to amour and an illustration of history that is likely to be fuzzy to anyone but a student of Garibaldi's 1866 campaign in and around Venice and Verona.
05/10/05
Top CriticTranslates as sumptuous, hollow, overlong and dull.
07/12/07
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03/26/09
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