Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

adonis98-743-186503 A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality. Genova is clearly a film that is not for everyone certain things could have been handled better for example the romance and the relationships or even some plot elements but Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine and Willa Holland give 3 really good performances and although both kids chose to continue their lives after their mother's death in different ways for example the younger one is closer to her father and she draws all the time but the older one is more of a rebel she gets angry to her sister, she is smoking and she is using sex as a way out but she still loves her father and her sister is just the way that both girls act is very different. With 3 really good leading performances and an interesting story Genova becomes a very entertaining drama with a lot of tension especially on those scenes in the Alleys.

yourmssghere Superb acting, especially by Colin Firth and the younger daughter, but really, the entire cast was GREAT.Moving on to SOUND: atrocious. It's the type of sound editing where you've got the remote in your hand and the sound is up to 24 one second and down to 2 the next.Also: I HATE movies where the music and ambient sounds drown out the dialog.Camera work mostly good, but what was that in the church where the younger daughter takes off and Kathryn Keener looks out the door after her and the camera moves in for a split second close up? Abrupt.There are parts of this movie that shine, but the first half hour is atrocious. Amazing this script was produced.

treeline1 After his wife dies, Joe (Colin Firth) decides a change of scenery would be good for him and his two daughters, so he accepts a teaching job at the university in Genoa. The younger daughter is racked with guilt and sees visions of her mother, the teenage daughter rebels by chasing boys, while dad enjoys his job and his students.With a cinéma vérité style and plot, this film feels like a reality show. Dialogue is mumbled and often insignificant, emotions are muted, the hand-held camera is often shaky, and it all seems too ordinary to be interesting for an hour and a half. The children are often lost among the dark and winding alleyways of the city, building tension that, unfortunately, never pays off. The script (which annoyingly sometimes said they were there for a year, other times just there for the summer) goes on and on about their daily activities adjusting to a new city and that's realistic, but not, for me, necessarily entertaining.Firth is very good as the father, but we never get to know or understand him well. Only once does he mention his wife and his feelings about her aren't clear. He seems to get over her quickly enough, embracing the city and romancing a local. Willa Holland is the epitome of a self-centered and headstrong teen, but she's thoroughly unlikable. The youngest daughter is more sympathetic, but there was something lacking that kept me from caring about her.All in all, I enjoyed the scenery but the story lacked emotion and clarity and was dull for me.

paprikash2 Colin Firth in a bit of a thankless pumpkinhead role. He takes daughters, guilt-driven tween Mary and sexpot teen Kelly to Genoa for a year after his wife dies suddenly in a car accident. The British reviewers seem to acclaim his performance as "understated" and "grief-driven" but I find him clueless and baffling. His younger daughter is clearly in a state of near psychosis, and his older daughter is sexually acting out in a rather dangerous way. He says and does virtually nothing about either. I guess this is "keeping a stiff upper lip." In fact, the entirety of his role in this film seems to be to act as Julie, the Cruise Director from the Love Boat. Catherine Keener is, as usual excellent, but the only thing she gets to do is inveigh him to pay some attention. I thought the whole thing confounding.