@REEL_DEAL2026-01-29 20:00 UTC
Cinema Paradiso: an airport-run cliché stretched into a feature film.
“The devil tomato walked out.”
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1990 · Drama / Romance
Cinema Paradiso
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
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RELEASE DATE
1990
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GENRE
Drama / Romance
PLOT SUMMARY
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-14 23:00 UTC
Cinema Paradiso is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.
@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-07 07:00 UTC
If whispered monologues were currency, Cinema Paradiso would settle the national debt.
@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-03 06:00 UTC
If Cinema Paradiso was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
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r/boxoffice · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 1.9k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Cinema Paradiso?
Everyone praising the Cinema Paradiso performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/boxoffice · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.9k points
Unpopular opinion: Cinema Paradiso is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of Cinema Paradiso and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/boxoffice · u/ContinuityKaren🔥 3.2k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Cinema Paradiso actually is?
Director clearly thought Cinema Paradiso was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/flicks · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 0.4k points
The cinematography in Cinema Paradiso is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Honestly, Cinema Paradiso would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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