Il Postino: The Postman

If you look through the hype, Il Postino is wonderfully touching and beautifully filmed and scripted. It might be a movie where what's on screen is of the quiet sort, but I feel it deserves all the good publicity it has received.

A tiny, perfect movie worth the praise it received. If you love movies that pick you up and carry you off to foreign places for a mini-vacation, this is one. Certainly, in the real world, Mario was not beautiful enough for Beatrice, but they came together through the magic of Pablo Neruda's poetry. Gentlemen, take note: Shakespeare was only one of the writers who knew how to say it well.

I didn't know of all the hype behind this movie before seeing it. After seeing it, I found it to not be worth all the praise and awards. The movie develops the relationship between Pablo Neruda and Mario better than it does with Mario's love, Beatrice Russo. It has good cinematography, but the story is missing a lot of details about the relationships. The only real relationship develops when Mario is taught some things about metaphors. Although, Mario tends to use similies. And Beatrice, she is a beautiful. Not much else in the movie.

The best thing after viewing this movie is the feeling of relieve and escape form the ordinary life. I am a big fans of Northern Exposure TV series, and the style and the after taste of this movie makes me call it the Southern Exposure.

I recommend this masterpiece to everyone who is interested in Mediterranean island life. Especially, the marvelous view of the sea from the hills and the poetic catches of the director worth for watching. All the fans of Pablo Neruda, you should experience hearing his poets in Italian that will make your heart beat faster. All the actors and actresses, but specially the deceased Massimo Troisi, are as if they are playing the roles of their life, which makes the audience feel themselves as they are in the story. The movie has an English version, too. But for sure original Italian version is better. Soundtrack of the movie also worths buying. Neruda's poets from celebrities in English are also included in the soundtrack

This movie is very much deserving of the praise it has received. It's a very well-written and beautiful drama that's made in a very stylistic way. The actors all do an incredible job, and the cinematography is very fluid, as is the cutting. Overall, a very good movie, attesting to Michael Radford's masterful vision!

Unless you demand lots of action, this film has plenty going for it - excellent acting, a charming score and beautiful scenery. The story is pleasing too; though it's a bit on the thin side, the ending had me in pensive mood for the rest of that evening.

The Italian actor is extremely good while the others spin around like little meteors... the movie is quite profound and entertains well despite never creating great ideas and great feelings.

Maybe it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, but it was definitely very touching, very lyrical, and a very beautiful movie about love and friendship. I think the acting was wonderful throughout, especially that of Troisi, given so soon before his death. And the music is positively haunting. Many kudos to the composer. It doesn't get much better. So what if it doesn't have a lot of action, it's all in the story, and this story is beautiful.