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The Amati Girls | |
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Directed by | Anne De Salvo |
Written by | Anne De Salvo |
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Cinematography | Frank Byers |
Edited by | David L. Bertman Carroll Timothy O'Meara |
Music by | Conrad Pope |
Production companies | Fox Family Channel Heritage Group |
Distributed by | Providence Entertainment[1] |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3 million[citation needed] |
Box office | $49,136[1] |
The Amati Girls is a 2001 American drama film written and directed by Anne De Salvo. It stars Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl, Dinah Manoff, Sean Young, Lily Knight, Lee Grant, and Edith Fields.
The film centers around an Italian American family of four sisters (Mercedes Ruehl, Dinah Manoff, Sean Young, and Lily Knight) who reside in Philadelphia. After their father's death, in trying to convince their mother (Cloris Leachman) that her life is still worth living, each sister grapples with her own ideas on love, faith, and ultimately, the meaning of life.
The Amati Girls holds a 46% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews, with an average score of 4.4/10.[2] Metacritic reports a score of 29 out of 100 based on 17 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[3]