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Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonVillage VoiceLuke Y. ThompsonIt’s basically a high-caliber book-on-tape augmented with actual (as opposed to horror-movie fake) found footage — a missing link between full-on dramatization and simply reading the book while imagining visuals.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe doc delivers enough arresting Neapolitan moments that many viewers will consider tracking down the source material — still in print, nearly four decades after Lewis published it in 1978.
- 50Slant MagazineDerek SmithSlant MagazineDerek SmithIt’s far too scattershot, bouncing from one topic to the next with the carelessness of someone flipping through a book and reading from a random page.
- 50The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergIt seems less a full-fledged movie than a trailer for a book.
- 50Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleAt most, Naples ’44 makes a solid case for turning to Lewis’ prose and getting the full effect of his year there that way.