SummarySet in turn of the century New York, Tuccio (Turturro) is the resident playwright of the New York City repertory company who offers his new challenging play "Illuminata" to the company's owners who initially reject it. Several on and offstage romances begin among the shows diva, a harsh critic, and other actors and theatre types.
Directed By:John Turturro
Written By:Brandon Cole, John Turturro
Illuminata
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Mixed or Average
60
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Generally Unfavorable
3.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
54% Positive
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Very much a fully realized cinematic experience. John Turturro, even if you have to act less, be sure to direct more, and often.
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Few movies are as eloquent in their performances and their art direction.
70
The true strength of the film lies in its vast ensemble of actors.
63
Beneath the noisy, farcical surface of John Turturro's Illuminata is a thoughtful and unusually mature meditation on love.
50
Overdone performances mar the fine ones -- (Turturro) has become, alas, a hambone.
49
Turturro's movie is all surface, all artifice, and little substance. Actors love artifice; the rest of us wait for it to clear so we can find something meatier.
25
An incomprehensible mess -- so boring and numbingly unworkable that it's hard to imagine what he could have been thinking.
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