Sophia actually looks UGLY here!
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sherm50 — 18 years ago(January 19, 2008 06:09 PM)
I guess her not great is alot better than most women's best!! I do think her hair looked a little weird but other than that,she looked very good. Today she would be considered overweight I guess,nobody likes women w/bodies anymore. What a shame.Whats w/the skinny skanky young actresses today?
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MerchantIvoryFan — 18 years ago(February 13, 2008 05:21 PM)
the "suntan" itself wasn't too bad but the makeup to try to match her suntan. Oy!
Everyone in that film seemed to have a deep tan including the children. Did anyone know if this film was shot when everyone actually did have tans or were they photographed that way to give the impression of spending the summers outdoors on the boat? -
krdement — 17 years ago(June 23, 2008 11:42 AM)
I'm not a Sophia fan to begin with, but she is not very pretty here. Wardrobe is terrible and not flattering. The gold lame dress that is Cary's gift to her is, as it is supposed to be, a real sow's ear. However, her alterations fail to convert it into a silk purse. It is gaudy and inelegant. Her tan is terrible, the makeup to match is distractingly bad. She seems to have a very sour expression on her face through the whole film, except when she is belting one her songs - 2 of the most childish in cinema. Poor camera work didn't help. Sophia looked better in almost every other film she made.
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Chris Clazie — 17 years ago(November 28, 2008 03:17 AM)
I don't think Sophia looks ugly here.A bit gawky at times,but she is quite tall.Edith Head's costumes are ok.Martha Hyer looked great.Sophia never felt at home in Hollywood,and perhaps the Paramount movie that she is at her best in is It Started In Naples,for obvious reasons.Sophia improved with age.Attractive in her twenties,she was at her peak in her thirties between 1963 and 1972.All I have to say is the lady must have something,to still be around making movies after nearly 60 years in the business.
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Kane26510 — 15 years ago(July 06, 2010 07:06 AM)
She didn't look good in this movie at all, with the exception of when she showed up at the Winston's apartment door in the blue dress and hat. Pretty much at all other times, she was photographed poorly and made-up poorly. She does have a phenomenal figure, but she's not a great actress, at least not based on this performance.
The fake tans were in the first shots - in the "mansion" scene. The kids were made up like this throughout the movie. Terrible. -
samso999 — 16 years ago(August 09, 2009 08:45 PM)
"You're ugly!You're the ugliest old girl I ever saw!"
Said to Sophia Loren by one of the boys as he runs out. Funny coincidence that I would be on this thread at that point in the film, which is on TCM today. -
zuzupetal_99 — 16 years ago(August 11, 2009 04:33 AM)
It seemed to me that she was wearing dark make-up on her face that didn't match the rest of her; and it looked very unnatural & odd in some shots - especially when we first see her in the wedding scene - it was almost greenish! I wondered if maybe they made her up to look darker as a point to drive home the fact that she was foreign?
I am a fan & think she is & was beautiful, but for some reason she lookedoffin some of the scenes here. She actually looked better as Eldonza in Man of La Mancha than she did as the character here! I think the best she looked in this film, was when she had on the black dress & hat when she accepts the maid position.
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Tashtago — 12 years ago(May 30, 2013 11:55 PM)
She's one actress who got better looking as she got older. She's pretty gawky and pointy here. Plus she's photographed to look 9 foot tall. If you want to see some real Italian beauties check out L'Aventurra or I Vetelloni.
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Grimm-Grimm — 11 years ago(December 31, 2014 12:22 PM)
I came on here to see if anyone thought the same thing, she doesn not look good in this movie. The ugly bob hair, the dark makeup that makes her look like she hasn't had any sleep & is cover it up, the florescent teeth, and lobster tans.
In other words, I agree with what everyone said here. Thos movie is showing on METV right now.