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Plot Summary
Five young men linger in a postadolescent limbo, dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink, women, and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Fellini’s second solo directorial effort (originally released in the U.S. as The Young and the Passionate) is a semiautobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches: Skirt chaser Fausto, forced to marry a girl he has impregnated; Alberto, the perpetual child; Leopoldo, a writer thirsting for fame; and Moraldo, the only member of the group troubled by a moral conscience. An international success and recipient of an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay, I vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of a group of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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100%- Reviews Counted: 23
- Fresh: 23
- Rotten: 0
- Average Rating: 8.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: It shows all of Fellini's unrivaled virtues -- his lyrical sense of place, his abiding affection for even the most hapless of his characters, his effortless knack for limpid, bustling composition -- and very few of his putative vices.
Fresh: It was this ineffably poignant semiautobiographical reverie that unleashed fully Fellini's shimmering, flowing poetic style.
Fresh: Moving from cafes to poolrooms to movie theaters, it's the prototypical male ensemble film.
Fresh: One of the screen's great portrayals of the hell-raising and malaise of young men in their 20s.
Customer Reviews
Early Fellini - so fabulous
This story is set in the post WWII time in a little seaside town where the director uses his awesome skill to bring many characters to life as it may have been. So strange to see these “post-adolescent” protagonists who seem more like early middle-aged men to our 21st century eyes. I have seen all the other Fellini films and loved them all, but for some reason this one really hit me squarely in the heart. Don’t miss it!
Fellini Classic
A very influential film about 5 middle class men suffering from ennui in a small Italian seaside town in the 50’s. Masterfully shot and well acted. The plot is perfectly paced with all the characters coming into and leaving the story are the perfect time. The subtitles are done well too.
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