Home
Showtimes & Tickets
Top Box Office
Trailers & More
In Theaters
Coming Soon
New on DVD
Critics' Reviews
Photos
News
Blog
Superfans
Overview
Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Critics' Reviews
User Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations
On DVD

Tea With Mussolini

:

Overview
Tea With Mussolini
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
11 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
PG,1hr 56min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
May 14, 1999
Director:
Franco Zeffirelli
Distributor:
MGM/UA
Starring:
Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright  ...more
Synopsis: Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea With Mussolini is a drama with comic accents about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935, when, as one character puts it, "Mussolini was just a man who made the trains run on time." Luca (played by Charlie Lucas) is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has died and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
View Full Reviews
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
An incomplete memoir with spotty character development, but, in part because of the way it was filmed and in part because of the strength of the cast, it's still an effective entertainment. Full Review
Metascore
®
 from metacritic.com
53
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Based on 26 critic reviews
Featured Cast
View More Cast & Crew
Cher
Elsa
Judi Dench
Arabella
Joan Plowright
Mary
Maggie Smith
Hester
Similar Movies
View All (5)
advertisement


Privacy
Legal
Advertise
RSS
Site map
Feedback
Help
|
© 2009 Microsoft