COMING SOON: Sergio Castellitto's Twice Born (Italy, 2012) - The overwrought romance Twice Born might appeal to
audiences who prefer their love stories soapy, but even they may have to
acknowledge that the film’s leads, Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch, are
oddly lacking the fiery chemistry that’s necessary to sell this
unabashedly ludicrous melodrama. Chronicling a couple torn apart by war
and betrayal, director Sergio Castellitto’s adaptation of Margaret
Mazzantini’s novel leaves no cliché unturned, yearning for big emotions
that are consistently flattened by the lumbering storytelling. 2012SANSic, 2012TOR. |
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