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This reality TV format had great promises, unfortunately after the pilot it disappeared. Was it too uncomfortable for the establishment? Will we ever know where else to use cheddar? Alas, one of a hundred thousand questions without answer...

Can't believe this has been directed by Oliver Stone. Evidently he needed to re-establish himself as a box office director after the US flop of Alexander. So, there we go with this movie made "to pay the bills" (for Mr. Stone), full of sentimental and emotional moments that are sure to send you running for handkerchiefs...or maybe not. Think of this as something like Pearl Harbor, 35 minutes interesting & well made, and the rest boring as it can possibly be. The main problem of this is that everything happens to fast, we're just starting to know the characters and, bum all of a sudden they're already under the ruins. I was hoping this would have been a movie on 9/11, it's not. I was hoping this would have been at least a movie on NY finest, it's neither. The all event happens too fast, and you don't really manage to get an understanding of the huge sacrifice of cops, firemen etc..., who went into the towers to save people knowing that they might never get out. The "christ" sequence is simply ridiculous. Avoid.

A beautiful movie with some of the best Italian actors of the 90s. The old owner of a restaurant decides to sell it: the staff will have to prove to the new owners that the place should not be closed and transformed into a furniture's showroom, otherwise they'll face being fired. Sht entirely in a restaurant on the Tirrenian coast (close to Rome), great soundtrack (from the starting track "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" to the final "Born to Loose" by Ray Charles). All actors are perfect for their part: Catania, Abatantuono,Villaggio, Ciccio Ingrassia, Messeri... Great cast, nicely shot, great dialog. Wonderful black comedy in the trace of Mr. Dino Risi. Unfortunately unavailable on DVD, but an Italian VHS exists, published by Cecchi Gori group.