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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonWhat's more, Bertolucci's voice is stronger, clearer and more effortlessly confident than it has been in years. He's stolen the beauty of Tuscany and his youthful star and transformed it into an exquisite work of movie art.
- 80Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThough the film tapers off a little toward the end, there's a climactic scene of recognition between the heroine and her father that was one of the most exquisite pieces of acting I'd seen in ages.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversIn contrasting the sexuality and rebellion of Lucy's generation with his own, Bertolucci clearly yearns to rekindle his creative spirit.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserTyler is a find for a director like Bertolucci. She is a blank slate of prettiness with her unadulterated, thoroughbred, long-limbed looks.
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThis film maker's supremely tactile, sensual style and his taste for exoticism are captivatingly on display in Stealing Beauty, even if the film's philosophizing sometimes lacks the intellectual heft of a cotton puff.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis film is aesthetically pleasing but not emotionally satisfying. It's occasionally erotic but rarely dynamic.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie plays like the kind of line a rich older guy would lay on a teenage model,suppressing his own intelligence and irony in order to spread out before her the wonderful world he would like to give her as a gift.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovBertolucci returns to his native Italian soil for the first time in 15 years, and the result is a gorgeous albeit fairly insubstantial homecoming.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleWhen Bertolucci points his camera out a window, it's like putting on your glasses. Everything is lush, drenched in color and right there for you to touch.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonFor those who simply want to drink in the northern Italian countryside and Tyler's physical details, it's quite an experience. But as a story, Stealing Beauty (which Bertolucci wrote with Susan Minot) is a misbegotten, sentimental reunion with old European cinema.