Movie #94: Bicycle Thieves

Movie #: 94
Movie Title: Bicycle Thieves
Year Released: 1948

Director: Vittorio De Sica
Notable Cast: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Vittorio Antonucci

Short Description: Set in Post-WWII Italy, a working class man's bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: #92
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: #41
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #60



Date Watched: 7/1/2016

Grade: 2.5 out of 5 (Satisfactory)

Rationale: Bicycle Thieves was just alright. Nothing was really bad about it although the internal conflict of Antonio Ricci near the end of the film when he contemplated stealing a bike to replace the one that was stolen from him was drawn out longer than needed. In a good way I was mildly surprised by the ending as I wasn’t expecting that conclusion, even though it was sort of hinted at.