Two Women
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Movie Reviews of Two Women
Movie Review: A Powerful Film...An Unacceptable Video Transfer
Summary: 5 Stars
'Two Women' is a stark film from the neo-realism school that still packs a solid punch. Sophia Loren plays a beautiful widow who seeks to protect her teenage daughter from the ravages of World War II Rome. She's proud, opinionated, but protective and loving toward her daughter Rosetta. The two women flee to the widow's village, where they meet an idealistic young man to whom they are both attracted. The tragic events occur quite late in the film, but by the time they do, we really know who these characters are, making the film extremely powerful.Loren looks stunning and acts wonderfully, but all the actors in the film are wonderful as well. But Loren had (and still has) that quality that makes her the center of all attention every time she is on-screen. A stunning actress in a stunning role.
I cannot finish this review without commenting on the abysmal video transfer to DVD. This is without a doubt the worst looking and sounding DVD I have ever seen since the medium was invented. I wish Sophia Loren would sue this video company for the travesty they have done to this fine film. How in the world with all the technology at our disposal can such a poor product be released on the market? I only hope a proper version can be released soon. This is criminal.
99 minutes
Movie Review: Two Women
Summary: 5 Stars
De Sica's collaboration with screenwriter Cesare Zavatinni ("The Bicycle Thief," "Umberto D") on this absorbing, humanistic story of survival and shattered innocence in war-ravaged 1943 Italy takes the peasant-eye's view of international conflict. Taking a role once intended for Anna Magnani, sex kitten Loren won a much-deserved Oscar for her soulful, hand-wringing performance as a mother trying to shield her devout daughter, memorably played by Brown, from the ugliness of a world in chaotic disrepair. Their scene together in a church filled with marauding Allied "liberators" remains one of the most harrowing of De Sica's career. (Note: currently none of the DVD editions has a reproduction standard worthy of the film, yet in this case the film itself is so strong, we've opted to showcase it anyway-JF.)Movie Review: Rated for the acting, not the quality of the DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one,powerful film! Sophia Loren delivers the performance that indeed is a watershed of emotions on film.
As other reviewers have said, the character development is extremely well done, and by the time the movie is half over, I felt the drama was realistic, not overly done at all. The bond between mother and daughter is sensitive, caring...all the right stuff.
Loren's acting in this piece was waaaay ahead of it's time, and treats a theme that is now 'chic' in current cinema - the ravages of war.
Where other films might glamorize the topic, this one went all the way in realism. And for that it is an uneasy view.
By the end of the film, one feels completely spent and exhausted.
Warning: Not your 'easy Saturday night light viewing'.
Movie Review: "..and just a little bit for Rosetta."
Summary: 5 Stars
Acting doesn't get any better than if your watching a Sophia Loren film. She's beautiful, smart, witty and one of the greatest actress ever to grace the motion picture screen.This movie is very serious drama with some light moments but you'll see termendious acting by everyone. This is a rare reminder of the terror of World War II, the stuggles, the hardship that people had to endure.My only problem with the DVD is the audio. I don't want to discourage anyone from buying this great motion picture but the sound is TERRIBLE. I don't understand how the studio could let something like this be sold with such a terrible audio track. It's scratchy and tinny in sound. Other than that the picture quality if pretty good but is still worth owning. It's a great Italian movie.Movie Review: Beware This "Hollywood Classics" Transfer
Summary: 5 Stars
Wonderful film is almost unwatchable as presented here. Quality is worse than bad VHS tape, which must have been the source for this "digital transfer". Wait until another source is available.