| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (director/writer: Franco Zeffirelli; screenwriter:
John Mortimer/based on "The Autobiography of Franco Zeffirelli";
cinematographer: David Watkin; editor: Tariq Anwar; cast: Cher (Elsa),
Judi Dench (Arabella), Joan Plowright (Mary),...more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| TEA WITH MUSSOLINI
Cast: Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Cher, Judi Dench, Lily Tomlin,
Charlie Lucas, Baird Wallace, Claudio Spadaro
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Screenplay: John Mortimer and Franco Zeffirelli based on "The
Autobiography of Franco...more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Greg King |
| TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (PG).
(Universal/UIP)
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Stars: Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Cher, Judi Dench, Baird Wallace,
Lily Tomlin, Charlie Lucas, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Paul
Checquer, Tessa Pritchard, Claudio Spadaro, Paula...more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by James Sanford |
| Like a story Grandma might tell about days gone by, "Tea With
Mussolini" takes its time to unfold and never leads to any great
earthshattering truths, but it's so quietly charming and engagingly
performed only the most callous viewers will tune out....more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Jonathan Richards |
| Franco Zeffirelli's reminiscence of his formative years in
Mussolini's fascist Italy is pretty irresistible, in spite of a
persistent shallowness of story and a touch of weakness for self-
glorification. What it has going for it is Zeffirelli's...more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| “Close the door and take off your shirt.” It would be hard to fathom
Cher not saying that to a much younger man in any of her starring roles,
but in Tea with Mussolini, the single-monickered wonder actually doesn’t
have a sexual motive. Here, she plays...more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Akiva Gottlieb |
| rated PG
MGM/G2 Films
starring Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Baird
Wallace, Charlie Lucas
based on the autobiography of Franco Zeffirelli
screenplay by John Mortimer and Franco Zeffirelli
directed by Franco Zeffirelli more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Although it's been 30 years since the release of his cinematic
masterpiece, ROMEO AND JULIET, Franco Zeffirelli's name on the screen
can still cause flutters. more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "TEA WITH MUSSOLINI" (G2, an MGM Company release)
Based on Franco Zeffirelli's own childhood in Florence, this
comedy-drama tells the story of the five extraordinary women who care
for Luca, a boy born out of wedlock,...more |
| Tea With Mussolini Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
G2 Films
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writer: John Mortimer, Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily
Tomlin more |
