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movieEVERYday.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... is drawn to an abandoned home where he encounters a little boy he'll later learn is named Angelo (Matteo Sciabordi). The two bond after a near fatal bombing of the home. Angelo believes the "chocolate giant" is a mythical being sent by the heavens to save him, and he verifies this with his imaginary friend, Arturo to whom he speaks constantly. Naturally, the Italians, especially Renata...
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
... where they evade Nazi troops, protect an Italian village from attack, and babysit a doe-eyed boy (Matteo Sciabordi) who speaks to the dead (and sounds like Roberto Benigni while doing so). There's a lot to process -- almost too much -- in James McBride's screenplay, which he adapts from his own novel. Yet even at a bloated 155 minutes, Lee's picture seems to aimlessly tread water...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Omar Benson Miller, left, and Matteo Sciabordi.The World War II drama "Miracle at St. Anna" contains - and, at 160 minutes, it has the room - all that director Spike Lee does right and wrong. Lee's righteous fire is on full display in this drama, written by James McBride (based on his novel), about members of the 92nd Division - the "Buffalo Soldiers," an all-black combat unit in the...
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The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Miracle at St. Anna 160 Minutes Written by James McBride Directed by Spike Lee Starring John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna , from a screenplay by James McBride (in English, Italian, German and Spanish, with English subtitles), is based on Mr. McBride’s heavily researched novel....
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EclipseMagazine.com (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
... somewhat slow Private Samuel Train [Omar Benson Miller] and an orphaned Italian boy named Angelo [Matteo Sciabordi]. The two mange to figure out a way to communicate the basics, and give each other strength. An arc that’s meant to be compelling is the triangle developed between a village woman, Renata [Valentina Cervi], Private Hector Negron [Laz Alonzo], who is falling in love with...
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ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... Miller), the gentle, deeply religious "Chocolate Giant" man-child who teaches a 9-year-old orphan (Matteo Sciabordi) a tapping system to communicate in one of the film's most touching scenes.
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CNN (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... Benson Miller), a starry-eyed oversize simpleton who rescues, and befriends, an Italian urchin (Matteo Sciabordi).
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... from his own novel, what Lee has done with Omar Benson Miller as a huge soldier named Train and Matteo Sciabordi as a young Italian boy named Angelo has a perfection and limpidity unlike anything in the director's previous features. It's more akin to the unself-conscious magic of Lee's documentaries, such as 4 Little Girls. Miller goes beyond "gentle giant" cliches as the GI the boy...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... from his own novel, what Lee has done with Omar Benson Miller as a huge soldier named Train and Matteo Sciabordi as a young Italian boy named Angelo has a perfection and limpidity unlike anything in the director's previous features. It's more akin to the unself-conscious magic of Lee's documentaries, such as 4 Little Girls. Miller goes beyond "gentle giant" cliches as the GI the boy...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Font Resizearts and entertainmentPatriotism but also racismFighting in Italy during WWII, black and Latino GIs grapple with truthArticle Launched: 09/26/2008 12:30:00 AM MDTFrom left: Matteo Sciabordi, Omar Benson Miller, Michael Ealy, Derek Luke and Laz Alonso star in "Miracle at St. Anna," a film chronicling the story of four black American soldiers stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during...
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filmcritic.com Movie Reviews (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
... where they evade Nazi troops, protect an Italian village from attack, and babysit a doe-eyed boy (Matteo Sciabordi) who speaks to the dead (and sounds like Roberto Benigni while doing so).There's a lot to process -- almost too much -- in James McBride's screenplay, which he adapts from his own novel. Yet even at a bloated 155 minutes, Lee's picture seems to aimlessly tread water during...
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Radar (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
... They're abandoned by their platoon in Nazi-occupied Italy, where Train rescues a young white boy (Matteo Sciabordi) and recovers a mysterious Florentine artifact that, years later, uncovers the tragic story of where the boy came from and how his family died. Feels a little bit like a screenplay-generating software program is at work, no?Lee seems to be remaking every WWII movie he's...
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Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
... Sam Train (Omar Benson Miller), who saves the life of an orphaned Italian boy, Angelo Torancelli (Matteo Sciabordi). Seeking refuge in the hill town of Colognora, they overcome cultural barriers to befriend an old Fascist (Omero Antonutti) and his daughter Renata (Valentina Cervi) and to join up with a local partisan fighter, the Great Butterfly (Pierfrancesco Favino), hoping to escape...
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wrong he's a postal worker selling stamps get right and it was a great movie.
anonymous - 10/12/2008