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Dana Stevens
The New York Times
It reminds us that Italy is beautiful, that Fascism was a dreadful nuisance and that Sean Penn is a great actor, deserving of better vehicles than this vintage lemon. Full Review
Derek Elley
Variety
This least affected of their (Haases) movies is also the most dramatically and emotionally convincing. Full Review
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Moderately pleasing adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novella. Full Review
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
Is a chamber romance, in that there's nothing grand or sweeping about it, but it's got all the style it needs to go with those glorious Tuscan settings. Full Review
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
The melodrama of the Maugham original is too simplistic to involve, and the places the film's plot goes are so obvious that even the presence of quality actors can't create sufficient interest. Full Review
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