My Brother is an Only Child (Mio fratello è figlio unico) Reviews
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Petraglia and Rulli once again display their gift for bringing the texture of reality to family drama, for creating people and situations that involve us completely. My Brother Is an Only Child is not the only film that does this, but it's a product that's in shorter and shorter supply every year.
Read the full reviewA provocative character study and portrait of the times.
Read the full reviewA lively minor addendum to the grand tradition of Italian fraternal cinema.
Read the full reviewAlthough the movie never quite dispels the sense of being dated (it could have been made anytime in the past 40 years), it's a memorable, often moving timepiece.
Read the full reviewScripted by "The Best of Youth" duo who brought the post-WWII years into stark and moving light, pic offers a warm humor that illuminates the defiant vista of hope even when the proceedings turn tragic.
Read the full reviewThe movie is a veritable scrapbook of tropes from the heyday of art film. Maybe that's why it feels gauzy and quaint. Yet time passes pleasantly.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 71
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