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I am so sorry I was not able to see it as I feel I would have enjoyed since my parents made that perilous journey and I remember the sories my mother told me of the crossing. I live on Staten Island and was not able to get to Manhattan where it was playing. I hope I will be able to see it on DVD. Thank you for your input. Ceciliagallo@aol.com
05/22/2008, 10:54 am
I really enjoyed this movie!! It was very realistic and showed the hard life the Italians had in Sicily at the turn of the century. The voyage was long on then and then they had to endure the hardships at Ellis Island. I think every Italian should see this film!! and even if your not Italian it shows other imigrants from other countries and they had similiar hardships. A must to see and have if they ever put it on dvd.Ciaoanita1@aol.com
05/22/2008, 10:54 am
This is the best, Now if I can just find another copy.
05/22/2008, 10:54 am
Can a film be more boring???First off - it's far too surrealist and only sporadically at that.The trend has been over - Dali is dead.Every scene is so prolonged. We got the point after the first few cuts.The in crowd will want to tell you how deep is the notion of swimming in milk - complete with the phallic carrot. But it's pointless self indulgence. The few good points, if you speak Italian, are hearing the Sicilian dialect, the Sicilian music and the isolated Sicilian notion of what it means to be Italian.STAY HOME unless you need a good place for a nap - or - if you want to swoon with the pretense of engaging in a "deep" film.
05/22/2008, 10:54 am
An amazing film every Italian American should see. I had no idea what the conditions on these ships were and how marriages were arranged between perfect strangers just to be granted admitance to America, the mis-treatment at Ellis Island and the heartbreak of leaving behind the things they knew just to give their families a better life. Don't miss it.
05/22/2008, 10:54 am
Like in the tale of the Emperor's New Clothes, the critics seem afraid to say that Martin Scorscese's coming-to-America film is boring, overly long, and a waste of time. The first third: Barefoot Italian villagers walking over stony hills; the second third: Miserable, cramped voyage over the ocean; last third--the best, but nothing to write home about--unsympathetic reception by U.S. immigration officials at Ellis Island.
05/22/2008, 10:54 am
