SummaryThis 50th Anniversary restoration and re-release of Vitorio Di Sica's 1952 film, considered a masterpiece of Italian neo-realism, portrays a hero of everday life.
Directed By:Vittorio De Sica
Written By:Cesare Zavattini
Umberto D (re-release)
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Metascore
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A film that lets life flood into our souls.
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One of the greatest films of all time and one of the handful of masterpieces to emerge from the Italian neo-realist period, Umberto D is as cerebral as it is emotional, as bleak as it is warm.
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Oct 30, 2023
10
The film is special to me, as it is a much deeper and more unforgettable film than the well-known Bicycle Thieves. The story of Uncle Umberto and his dog Flike is painfully realistic. The helplessness of an elderly man, his weakness and inability to cope, and his attempts to survive despite everything, while still trying to care for those around him, especially his dog, is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. The fact that even able-bodied people struggle to find work and are reduced to selling their own sheets, while an elderly man struggles to survive during a crisis is one of the best examples of the difficulties of the period. Young people live, but what about the elderly?
Apr 29, 2016
9
Umberto D brings the final conclusion on how old, black-and-white films can be great as well. They sure are old so they easily get judged by people a lot, but think about it made in color.
100
This is truly a great film, recently celebrated at length in "My Voyage to Italy," Martin Scorsese's documentary about Italian cinema.
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Universally appealing story that plays as well now as it did on opening day a half-century ago. Maybe better.
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The credo of Italy's fabled neorealist movement was that movies rooted in real, unadorned experience carry more dramatic impact than studio concoctions can dream of, and this 1952 masterpiece exemplifies that argument brilliantly.
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The ending is happy, but the general effect of the film is disturbing, so compelling is De Sica's description of a man's solitude.
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It's too bad that the film is sporadically crude (a moment of suicidal angst is illustrated with a shove-zoom to the pavement), prone to mega-Italian extroversion, and far too in love with stupid pet tricks.
Aug 30, 2023
8
Best dog actor ever???? A sad story of a retiree pushed to the limit, he ends up being more focused on finding somewhere safe for his dog to live over a place for himself.
Apr 14, 2019
8
A moving and remarkable Italian film with a beautiful central performance and touching plot.
