Don't Tell - DVD

5 stars tells it all

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I just didn't quite believe the characters. I'm not sure why. It was like a bunch of actors doing individual screen tests & they photo-shopped it all together into one movie. The design of the film was kind of lush, maybe they put all their effort into that instead of the actual acting or direction, I don't know. I didn't get a sense of any real interaction. I would rather see something much rougher, like Brothers McMullen or something done on a shoestring & shot with handheld video but with incredible heart. This film was not that, not by a longshot. Pretty disappointing considering how great the lead actors are. The Italian spoken by the wife was like nails on a blackboard to me. I wondered if it was actually part of the script to get the flattest, deadest, creepiest, drawl-iest Italian ever spoken by a foreigner so that they could show the disconnect between him & his family or something. I certainly hope so. Because I'm telling you, I had to mute it when she would start to talk. Not my favorite film, but for someone who's trying to learn Italian, every little bit helps.

The movie was s'oposed to be released in the US as early as Fall 2010, but the title, once reviewed still had "contraversial" material that had to be removed thus causing the shipment to be sent back to original destination. The end result is an edited version of the original and so it is hard to compare the two since I had not seen the original in theatres and have not watched this one through to it's entirety. I loved the premise of the story and have similar titles (from the 1980's) before the censorship group in this country garnered so much power and control...these things having been mentioned before in previous reviews. Expect a lot, receive a little...

Overly Dramatic like most Italian Movies. Titillatingly Suggestive material does not have the impact I would expect from this topic. Moves very slow, trying to build interest. Many people gave this high reviews. I say BULLCOOKIES. Needs less Nebulous Drama, and more Direct Substance.

The writing and directing were fantastic, and Ms. Comencini was able to get wonderful, moving performances from everyone in the film. Highly recommended.

Who say's Italian cinema is dead? With such films as "The Best of Youth", "Bread and Tulips", this marvelous film. "Don't Tell". The Italian cinema is alive and thriving more so now than it has since the fading of the masters Fellini, De Seca, and Visconti. Film is the only great art from of the United States. We have no other artistic history that we can call truly ours. In Italy there is a great history of art and literature that is original, groundbreaking and innovative. Italian cinema as more in common with American film than it does with the rest of Europe. The Epic was born in Italy with "Quo Vadis" in 1913 and the advancements of the Italians influenced D.W. Griffith and others in burgeoning Hollywood. American films were loved in Italy pre 1939 and after the war as well. Each country has devoured the other's film product with gusto and learned in the process what great cinema could be. The two cultures influence and shaped each other's new art of the 20th century. Operatic, melodrama, and grand sweeping emotions are at the core a staple of both cinemas. So what does this have to do with "Don't Tell" you may wonder? This brilliant film is bi-national, in that it is set both in Italy and the United States. It has a sense of blending of the two cultures and there differences as well in doing so it shows an Italian point of view of America. It is a great and revealing thing to see the USA from a European perspective. This jumped off the screen for me and added a deeper layer to the film The story is indeed deeply moving and the film's cast does remarkable work in the telling of the story of repressed memory and what happens when it is awakened. Of particular note are Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni , and Luigi Lo Cassio (These two actors played the brothers in the incredible "The Best Of Youth" and it is a treat to see them again working together.) The film is richly presented with some wonderful cinematography. A film I highly recommend to lovers of Italian cinema.

Veramente un gran bel film, forse passato troppo inosservato. Il tema toccato è molto difficile, ma viene trattato con molta delicatezza.

All good

histoire à la fois banale et enigmatique, remarquablement conduite dans ce film et surtout très bien interprétée qui captive le spectateur .