10/10
Superb acting, storyline, characters, intercultural understanding, and music
8 June 1999
This is one of the best films ever where the characters are human (unlike Star Wars, ET, etc), don't have magic powers (Edward Scissorhands, Terminator), aren't dealing with war, divorce, murder. In fact, no one gets killed!!!! No one needs to be killed or murdered for us to be manipulated into feeling drama for these characters, because the acting and story line are that good!!! Hello, Hollywood???? A truly believable, honest, sincere snapshot of 1960 Greece, questioning the difference between 1960 Greece and ancient Greece from an American and Greek perspective. I feel some irony writing this, as this movie seems so sweet, innocent, and pure nowadays compared to today's movies with their gratuitous sex and violence, yet in its time, Never on Sunday was a bit racy and controversial, as its heroine is a prostitute, yes? And the music is still catchy and great.
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