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2020
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4.5
The Life Ahead serves as Sophia Lorens heartfelt and high spirited homecoming to film, and she is a fervent and fiery force to behold.
Loud and Clear Reviews
4.5
Gueye is quite a find, confident and charismatic enough to convince as the only person in the city who can really stand up to Madame Rosa and, perhaps ..
Eye For Film
1.5
They just dont make dynamos like Loren any more, and The Life Ahead reminds of how much will be lost when a diva like she departs for her ultimate rol ..
Patriot Ledger
1.5
This is, simply put, an extremely sticky, sentimental movie, especially in its honey colored, obnoxiously warm cinematography, which drowns the movie ..
Alternate Ending
4.5
Ponti allows for a quietly resplendent Loren to fill out this contemporized tale of an Auschwitz survivors unlikely camaraderie with a young Muslim or ..
Ion Cinema
4.5
The Life Ahead is a beautifully, poignant film perfectly illustrating the power of humanity versus class and race with an award winning performances f ..
Wp Me
4.5
It would be unwise to tell this tale without restraint lest sentimental indulgence overwhelms the sensitive relationships, one outsider to another.
Kdhx
4.5
At 86, Sophia Loren is back! In her terrific new tearjerker, directed by her son Edoardo Ponti, she heartwarmingly plays a former prostitute, Holocaus ..
Aarp
1.5
As a drama, it has a start that excites me with the remarkable performances from Loren and the little Ibrahima Gueye, but it slowly traverses a conven ..
1.5
Despite its memorable performances, The Life Ahead follows a conventional dramatic formula without offering much new.
1.5
Shamelessly manipulative, this formulaic debacle fails to offer something new; and even more important, something solid.
Always Good Movies
4.5
Its a complex and heartrending aspect of the immigration experience that isnt often depicted onscreen.
Newport This Week
4.5
Despite the heart wrenching moments, this isnt a morose film filled with dread.
FlixChatter Film Blog
4.5
It is Lorens performance that earns The Life Ahead any recommendation for a watch ... Everyone else is a bit player in her show. The movie star, thoug ..
4.5
Rosa has her methods and her mannerisms. Momo has the things he prefers to do. She shares the stories of her heartbreaking life and tells him about th ..
Niagara Gazette
4.5
It is an odyssey of real life people symbolized in one person, encapsulated in Frances McDormands best performance since Fargo.
In Session Film
4.5
There are distantly predictable elements of Lifes story, but Loren ensures that the film has a heart and soul.
Critically Ac Claimed
4.5
Momos stubbornness to Rosa is adamant: I dont want to be like other kids!
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