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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 98TheWrapLena WilsonTheWrapLena WilsonBy showing the tangled relationship between a mother and her dysphoric child, L’Immensità writes a love letter to the lonely.
- 83The Film StageJose SolísThe Film StageJose SolísTo say director Emanuele Crialese’s camera falls in love with Cruz would be an understatement. She is lovingly shot and framed (even her Sophia Loren bob brings attention to her expressive eyes) and we don’t even need to hear her speak to know whoever’s gaze she’s under has completely fallen under her spell.
- 80The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinFor all its decorative twists and curls, this is a sophisticated, searching work.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinLike so many Bildungsroman, it’s a tapestry crammed with incidental details, just as busy as the fantastic vintage-style prints on the women’s dresses and the flammable upholstery in the interiors. But then Crialese, who’s always been good with performers, will serve up a moment of achingly sad stillness.
- 80Los Angeles TimesSarah-Tai BlackLos Angeles TimesSarah-Tai BlackA love letter to its characters and their real-life counterparts, the film is, above all, a witness to the kind of expansive love and kinship that is formed in the margins but nonetheless expansive in its imaginings of the world.
- 70The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaIn dreams, he imagines himself and his mother as glamorous figures in a monochrome variety-show spectacle, poignant bouts of movie-magic that underscore both Andrew’s innocence and his sharpening intuition: Freedom, for the both of them, will mean upending reality itself.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawI don’t think L’Immensità quite encompasses what it’s straining for and I’m not sure that Penélope Cruz is directed towards her greatest strengths, very good though of course she always is. But Crialese has fervency and style and those fantasy worlds might even have a touch of De Sica’s miraculous Milan.
- 42The PlaylistRafaela Sales RossThe PlaylistRafaela Sales RossAs it is, the enormity of these feelings is trapped, lingering unexplored with nowhere to go, and the frustration felt as a viewer eventually gives way to disengagement.