Fresh
For those willing to overlook its few slips into heavy-handedness, "Corpo Celeste" tells a compelling story of a 12-year-old girl thrust into a strange new world.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Overview
After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a catechism class at a local church. However, the games and religious pop songs she encounters there do not nearly satisfy her interest in faith. Struggling to find her place, Marta pushes the boundaries of the class, the priest, and the church.
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Tomatometer
Rotten
"Corpo Celeste" often stumbles, along with its 12-year-old heroine, Marta (Yle Vianello).
Rachel Saltz, New York Times
Fresh
Alice Rohrwacher's debut fictional feature is an uncommonly insightful portrait of nascent womanhood, assisted in no small measure by Vianello's disarmingly naturalistic performance.
Eric Hynes, Time Out New York
Fresh
Corpo Celeste would be a treat in any season, but it's particularly refreshing amid the summer-movie bombast.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
Fresh
Vianello gives a lovely, unforced performance as Marta, who begins to see that the blue-eyed, open-armed fuzzy Jesus she's being sold is a fake.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
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