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The Italian (2007)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B+ Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "There's something to be said for urchin power, and this film says it well." more... B- Boston Globe Ty Burr "...a heartbreaking tale of yearning." more... B   Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips "...earns its happy ending..." more... A- E! Online Matt Stevens "...a poignant and engaging drama..." more... B+ Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "...a picture half sweet, half bitter." more... B   New York Post Lou Lumenick "...a Dickensian tale that paints a vivid portrait of post-Glasnost Russia en route to a four-handkerchief ending." more... B+ New York Times Manohla Dargis "...a richly atmospheric, persuasively inhabited world teeming with foundlings and pathos." more... B+ San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein "...a deeply moving experience, alternately funny and sad." more... B+ Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker "Director Andrei Kravchuk likes his characters too much to put anyone in genuine peril, which is both reassuring and frustrating." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)