Friday, September 15, 2006

Golden Door

GOLDEN DOOR (2006) - Sept. 15, 2006
About a family of Italians who decide to immigrate to America in the early 20th century (the exact year is never mentioned). The film, directed by Emanuele Crialese, who also directed the excellent Respiro, is certainly well made, but very very slow. It's never actually boring, but it's about as slow-paced as a movie can get without crossing the line into boring territory. It helps that it's really well acted and directed (plus it's Italian, so you pretty much know what you're getting into in terms of pace -- but even for an Italian movie this was slow). **1/2

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