The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Made in Italy
Comedy · Drama · 2020
A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.
Movie details
Made in Italy
2020 Comedy · Drama 1h 34m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.0 / 10
12.6K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
43 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
44 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Made in Italy?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
James D'Arcy
Written by
James D'Arcy
Liam Neeson
Robert
Micheál Richardson
Jack
Valeria Bilello
Natalia
Lindsay Duncan
Kate
Marco Quaglia
Luigi
Gian Marco Tavani
Marzio
Heléna Antonio
Raffaella
Court is in session
Put Made in Italy on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.