Review of The Visit

The Visit (1963)
7/10
Good Italian comedy
9 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This is a comical and sad study of characters. The portrait of men is especially cruel; we see three of them mostly on scene: one is stupid, the other coward and the third one mediocre. We wait for some kind of redemption, but it comes solely towards the assessment of the vast gulf between dream and reality.

Surprisingly, it will make you laugh, but mostly in despair of the cluelessness of the male characters. The lead lady, cunningly presented at the beginning like an airhead, will progressively reveal herself as the sane -- and smart -- one. We root for her and we feel sad that it ends in disappointment, but we also know that she will survive and thrive in spite of it.
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