The Tearsmith (2024)

The Tearsmith (2024)

A porn storyline with “adopted siblings” and “Wattpad” as its main tags

3.5

Movie

Italy
Italian
Drama, Romance
2024
ALESSANDRO GENOVESI
Alessandro Bedetti, Anna Cianca, Caterina Ferioli
106 min

TLDR

I feel like we should have been kinder to Twilight.

What it's about

Two orphans with unspoken love for the other get adopted to the same family.

The take

This was an uncomfortable, unnecessary mess of a movie—it’d be a lot faster to just go to Literotica or something. It’s got rough romance dialogue; everyone’s faces are always pressed so close together; and worst of all is even the fight scenes are awkward. Outside of storylines, music from Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish were made to be associated with this movie which mucks up their good name for people that haven't discovered them in neutral conditions. Caterina Ferioli’s performance as the film’s muse Nica, along with Nica’s warm girl-friendships, carries the entire thing to a semblance of watchability. But I'm not trying to give you hope, I'm saying just open your Incognito tab if you're here "for the plot."

What stands out

People just smooshed each other in the fight scenes. I am perplexed.

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