Stealing Beauty

 (1996)

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User Reviews

Waste of time...
Dec 02, 2007
french_snow_angel - yahoo.com
Uh, what a joke...unless you care to watch it for the gorgeous scenery...liv and italy...Liv's character tries to figure out who her father is while desperately trying to lose her virginity...THAT'S the WHOLE movie. Extremely vapid, but very typical of what... Full review
poster should be sharp
Apr 10, 2007
aminfaroukee - yahoo.com
Pose is good ,she is pretty , but , photo is not sharp ,so b+. If can enhance the quality of poster or colour it may become a . good luck... Full review
the beautiful the gorgeous the sexy the ultimate
Apr 10, 2007
thematrix_reloaded_revolutions - yahoo.com
all this movie is liv tyler, if she was'nt in it i would have gigen it a c- but oh she is so beautiful and it is the only movie in which she has sex. I love liv and i love... Full review
A Boring Chick Flick
Dec 28, 2006
yummage1 - yahoo.com
Another meandering, boring chick flick. But don't pay any attention to my opinion - I only lasted through the first 20 minutes.... Full review
After watching Stealing Beauty for the first time.
Nov 15, 2006
sheyda_fsa13 - yahoo.com
Gimme a third eye; I want to see this world better, feel it closer, understad it clearlier. It's so pretty after all...... Full review
Stealing Beauty
Sep 27, 2006
passerby94 - yahoo.com
The imagery, the script, the setting, the liv Tyler! It all came together so beautifully. The theme of innocenece's loss is what makes this movie so unforgettable.... Full review
A master work by a master director. Excellent!
May 30, 2006
i-got-away - imdb.com
I am a Bertolucci fan, and this film is one of the reasons why. I watch it again and again and never get tired of it. Don't be fooled by the 'losing virginity' theme; this film is about life, and... Full review
What movies are about!
Feb 07, 2006
RPassos - yahoo.com
The real essence of movies is to appeal to emotions (pathos), while keeping a rational balance (ethos) so that it doesn... Full review
Marvelous coming-of-age story...
Oct 16, 2005
dwpollar - imdb.com
1st watched 10/15/2005, 9 out of 10(Dir-Bernardo Bertolucci): Marvelous coming-of-age story about a young woman named Lucy(played by Liv Tyler), returning to a place where her deceased mother spent a lot of time and rejuvenates some of the relationships she... Full review
Blew Me away
Jul 26, 2005
orion1org - imdb.com
This film blew me away. The hurt, love and pain expressed in this movie through the most simple forms of cinematography are amazing. A classical film of life and death, of love and pain. One of Liv Lylers best acting... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Jul 17, 2008
Entertainment Weekly
Stealing Beauty is downright rickety - a coming-of-sexual-age drama on a par with the soft-core '70s Euro-dreck they show after midnight on Cinemax. The fact that it's directed by certified film visionary Bertolucci is even more depressing. ... Full Review
| Jan 08, 2002
DVD Talk
Final thoughts Stealing Beauty is a movie that lends itself well to repeat viewing; it's visually appealing as well as interesting as a story. Video For a movie with cinematography as lovely as Stealing Beauty , it's a pleasure to be able to report an outstanding DVD transfer. ... Full Review
| Nov 08, 1996
San Francisco Chronicle
At least in ``Stealing Beauty,'' which comes out on video this week, Bernardo Bertolucci picks one of the fun ways: He builds an homage to beauty around a sullen void. Irons plays his scenes with panache, irony and desperate self-delusion. ... Full Review
| Jun 21, 1996
Hartford Courant
Still, even a lesser Bertolucci is an event, and "Stealing Beauty" has its charms. This opening to "Stealing Beauty," while set against the gorgeous landscape of Tuscany, certainly reduces the size of the canvas and bores in on the lives of familiar characters. ... Full Review
| Jun 21, 1996
Los Angeles Times
Still, even a lesser Bertolucci is an event, and "Stealing Beauty" has its charms. Stealing Beauty," while set against the gorgeous landscape of Tuscany, certainly reduces the size of the canvas and bores in on the lives of familiar characters. ... Full Review

News

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Liv Tyler
people.com1997-05-12
"WHENEVER I MAKE A MOVIE, BY THE TIME IT'S over I forget how to take care of myself," says Liv Tyler , 19. "You get so used to waking up at 4:30, coming to work in your pajamas with sleep... ... Full Article

AS IF the rolling hills and picturesque flora of Tuscany - where "Stealing Beauty" is set - were not intoxicating enough, Bernardo Bertolucci introduces into this nest of beauty one more mind-altering influence: the presence of a lovely young virgin. ... Full Article

STEALING BEAUTY: Romance.Starring Liv Tyler and Jeremy Irons.Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.(R. 120 minutes.At the Bridge.)There are many ways for a director to drop a bomb on his own movie. ... Full Article

By Jeffrey M. Anderson Buy Stealing Beauty on DVD One of the younger generation of Italian directors, Bernardo Bertolucci began his career just as Fellini was peaking in the late 60s and early 70s. ... Full Article

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