Bread and Tulips (2000)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

As American living in Italy, I can assure anyone that the main character is realistically impersonated and she had enough of the Italian typical man depicted by her husband. The movie reflects on the freedom of spirit that cannot be withheld by anyone but also upon human relationships, gossip, interpretations and misinterpretations of news, facts or subjective experiences. Perfect chosen scene for the movie, not only for the unique lagoons and architecture of Venice but also for the romance spirit lingering in every of its corner. Besides, it was a good opportunity for extensive advertising around the world. This is an Italian spoken movie with English subtitles but easy to pick up on Italian for those who would like to learn it. Recommended for light viewing.

This film is of the zany humor variety. I have to say it took me a little while to get into the mood necessary to enjoy it.But once there ... a viewer will find an endless amount of material to be amused by... every detail in every set has meaning----well bizarreness is a better word.If you liked Blazing Saddles you will like this movie.If you find this phrase funny: Your wife has been found she is an accordion player in a florists shop...you will like this movie.Unfortunately I am almost 60 now and a little of this kind of thing goes a long ways now.Also some of the zaniness is just a little too bizarre to be "effective"

If you like some romantic flair Italian style, "Bread and Tulips" is just your bang! Self-discovery is what a lot of people want, even I would do such a thing. When you got a housewife who accidentally left behind on vacation, she begins to discover herself one step at a time. She got two sons, a husband who happens to be anything but faithful. Then there's this owner of a apartment with a troubled past, who gets the surprise he'll never forget. There was a lot of meaning to the movie. It has everything to do with flowers, especially the tulips. It's funny when the husband sent a detective to find the wife. Only to find love as well. So that's two people on a quest of discovering themselves. Living in Venice can be a great discovery for anyone: The music in the air, the people, the restaurants, the entertainment anything to top it off. This movie can make you either fall in love, or build up Aan appetite you never have in your lifetime. I would go to Venice and get the experience of the lifetime. Let your spirit soar in this movie. CIAO! 5 STARS!

I'm a sucker for non-Hollywood movies with no violence or CGI or MTVesque ADD, so I give it a 7. However, there are big flaws here. The most obvious are a couple of time-warped scenes that seem to say "we couldn't figure out how to make the transition and don't think its worth explaining the motivations, so we just took a quantum leap, use your imagination". The scene when she decides to "hitchhike home" is one, and obtw, it should have been the inflection point of the entire movie. Instead it feels like they spliced the film badly. This is not the only example. The other major problem is we are left with a "summer romance" flick that turns into unfaithful, quitter of a runaway bride-and-mother story. Thanks, we need that. I can only imagine the outcry if the shoe were on the other foot, say a man's foot. Imagine if it were a black man that left the wife & kids. Oh boy, we'd be deafened hearing the two sides war. One crying "That's what they do". The other bellowing "racist stereotyping". So, Italians made it & I'll give Italian women the benefit of the doubt (having spent some time near Genoa with one in a summer romance). maybe they'd be fine with the shoe on the other foot. As for American women, they'd all be giving it a 3 in that circumstance.