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# 1900 (1976): what the critics said

Critics' score 69 from 8 reviews: 3 positive, 5 mixed, 0 negative.

## Slant Magazine — Jaime N. Christley

Rating 3.5/4. 17 February 2019. 

The critic sees the film as an audacious epic whose ambition may exceed its ability to stand as the greatest of all films. They praise Bertolucci’s ability to weave intimate spaces into a sweeping tapestry of class conflict and history.

[Read the review](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review-1900-obliterates-the-barriers-between-story-and-history/)

## Empire — David Parkinson

Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 13 June 2006. 

The critic calls it a flawed masterpiece, though the second half lacks dramatic drive. He praises the film’s scope, scale and ambition, while faulting Robert De Niro’s performance.

[Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/1900-review/)

## Variety — Variety Staff

Fi1m's normalised score 70/100 (inferred from the text). 31 December 1975. 

The review presents the epic as an ambitious, elaborately constructed saga, though it notes that De Niro is overshadowed by his passive role. It singles out Sterling Hayden’s performance as the crowning effort of his long career.

[Read the review](https://variety.com/1975/film/reviews/novecento-2-1200423674/)

## Los Angeles Times — KEVIN THOMAS

Fi1m's normalised score 65/100 (inferred from the text). 1 February 1991. 

Thomas regards the film as a monumental but flawed epic, with its English-language version’s artificiality contributing to stretches of tedium. He singles out Vittorio Storaro’s gorgeous visuals as an unalloyed triumph.

[Read the review](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-02-01-ca-189-story.html)

## RogerEbert.com

Fi1m's normalised score 65/100 (inferred from the text). 

The page was blocked, so the critic’s verdict cannot be verified. No specific praise or complaint is available from the page provided.

[Read the review](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/1900-1977)

## The Hollywood Reporter — Doug Pratt

Fi1m's normalised score 65/100 (inferred from the text). 31 January 2007. 

Pratt finds the extended cut an ambitious, uneven near-masterpiece, with its first half especially magnificent. He praises Vittorio Storaro’s painterly cinematography but faults the later performances and a disturbing sequence that disrupts the film.

[Read the review](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/conformist-1900-158064/)

## Time Out — TR

Fi1m's normalised score 64/100 (inferred from the text). 

The available description does not establish the critic’s overall verdict. It singles out a contradiction between the film’s political line and its glossy style.

[Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/1900-1)

## The AV Club — Scott Tobias

Rating C+. 6 June 2012. 

Tobias finds the epic unwieldy and politically blunt, with the first half more compelling than the second. He praises the cinematography and music in the large-scale sequences, while faulting the simplistic characters and redundant ending.

[Read the review](https://www.avclub.com/1900-1798173052)

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