Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Taraparain
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
Md. Robiul Islam
A great filmmaker only can make a great film. I love it greatly. Because, the idea of magical thing in 1951 is incredible. my rating is always 10/10. I have seen such a great film after a long time. Specially Vittorio De Sica is one of the great filmmakers to me. But I didn't thought such a good film he will make. There are some special scenes that are very important to me. That are the ; when all the people are busy with their dreams and tell to Toto for their demands. He is fulfilling the demands of the people but his lover or his dream Edvige is outside . She is staying outside but can't speak anything to her only lover or dream man. He is getting sorrow. At the last scene when they all are going or flying; Edvige is seated behind Toto. At last their dream was turned into reality. Everyone saw it. It was also the best scene to me. However, one word is very important that Freedom is easy but its respect is difficult to hold. Pigeon is such kind of freedom. It should be kept in private place and should control it. for a better and happy life.
Adam (VonCouch)
I just recently watched De Sica's Miracle in Milan and I must say it's a tragedy this film isn't more widely accessible. The film follows the curiously magical exploits of a grown up orphan who has just left his orphanage for the first time. His unstoppable optimism finally brings him to a shantytown outside of Milan. He helps to build the town into a thriving community, which soon comes under the fire of the property's owner. Through a miracle from the heavens, our optimistic orphan sets to help his fellow vagrants with their lives and their homes.I'm not normally one for dopey family films, so I was very happy to enjoy this. It's not dopey, it's not sappy and it's not overly sentimental. The story is told with a gentle touch that De Sica is such a master with. The film is sweet, good-hearted and touching without ever relying on the corny or the melodramatic.All in all, this film leaves you with a heart-warming feeling that only a poet like De Sica could give you. A sure recommendation.
raskimono
This obscure de Sica delivers the goods. And it is said "the meek shall inherit the earth." This tale of classes on the surface but really an allegory for all the homeless people that populated Europe after the great war. They are homeless but cheerful, in a societies too impoverished and selfish to care for or acknowledge them, footmats for the Italian carpetbaggers. de Sica chooses to tell it as a fairy tale, a Cinderella story. I have not read the book it is based on so I cannot foresay if the deus ex machina is the construct of the writer or Vittorio. It begins with the words, "Once upon a time..." to exemplify the timelessness of its tale, for the story could be set anywhere and everywhere. Caricature sketches of the aristocracy that cut to the bone, whimsical nature of the homeless especially when they begin to grant their wishes and an ending right out of a Spielberg picture makes this boulange a delight for all. De Sica's most accessible picture is also one of his best. Abandoning neo-realism, he always dallied between that and pure good old film-making, he creates a movie that breaks the heart and at the same time fills it with the yearning of hope that one needs to continue leaving in this world. Gracias Vittorio! Gracias! Gracias!!! Gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!
miagy
This movie was my first touch with Mr Sica so I really didn't know what to expect. But what I saw just broke all my expectations - in a good way.The storyline is not complex and shows us a life of found boy- orphan and particularly his connection into the community of poor people who together built themselves a hood of simple metal plate houses. This little city in another city lives own life and things are going fine. But one day there is a water resource found and a rich nobles man is getting interested in the buying the place. But as the title of the movie hints - there is a miracle taking place. Our character gets a wonder dove from his dead mother. What is he going to do to protect his friends and all built city as well?It was just a masterpiece of natural comedy. There is shown the behavior of poor people and how money and property can talk and play with people. Also many funny moments and scenes are included - at the beginning with the spot where sun is shining and many more.So according to the fact that I m not a comedy lover you should see this movie because I liked it much I
