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(1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   1   6/10 "Penélope Cruz proves that she is more than just a pretty face in this overlong melodrama."   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel "Too rounded-out, parallel-storied, and miscast."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 1/4 "Long on visual affections and unexamined smut but short on insight, the film’s view of human behavior is as offensive as it is preposterously simpleminded."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 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 (...)"   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio C "Cruz...can't rescue the film as a whole from its combination of soapoperatic melodrama and pretentious musings on life and love."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/10 "Someday filmmakers will recognize that blackened teeth and bad makeup make beautiful actresses neither ugly nor brave."   All Movie Guide   Josh Ralske B "ultimately becomes too overwrought and sentimental...Still, Castellitto has helmed a very engaging and ofttimes moving film"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 1/5 "ludicrous, offensive, and idiotic"   Filmcritic.com   Nick Schager 2/5 "There’s plenty of style, plenty of ideas, epic delusions of importance, and zero substance."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 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"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Penelope Cruz gives a powerhouse performance"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 12) of 12 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   1