The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
Digressions involving suicide, child abuse, immigration and unions muddy the film’s meaning rather than illuminate it.
Italy · 2013
1h 44m
Director Gianni Amelio
Starring Antonio Albanese, Livia Rossi, Gabriele Rendina, Alfonso Santagata
Genre Comedy, Drama
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A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
Digressions involving suicide, child abuse, immigration and unions muddy the film’s meaning rather than illuminate it.
Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard
Gianni Amelio bogs down into a family drama that's neither supplementary to the film's initial quest or a fulfilling substitute.
RogerEbert.com by Godfrey Cheshire
What comes across as genuine in the film, and might also help explain its origins, is its air of melancholy and loneliness.
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Amelio might just be trifling around, and sometimes that's how the film feels — rudderless and unsure of its own purpose. If fuzzy thematic thrust doesn't bug you, however, the essence of Albanese as a shrugging everyman for post-debt-crisis Europe may be its own reward.
Amelio’s latest, Intrepido: A Lonely Hero, reveals the same strengths and weaknesses as his work two decades ago—an appealing sincerity and social awareness, dogged by a mile-wide sentimental streak. In this case, when Intrepido tilts from whimsical comedy to metaphysical drama, it falls right off the cliff.
Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden
Director Amelio turns Antonio's brief stint at a "real" job into a piercing and visually striking glimpse of hypocrisy and corruption — a glimpse too of the film that might have been.
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