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Review title: You will be disappointed if you listened to the hype
Product review: This is a pleasant, easy-paced small film. One attempts to identify with young Mario, but the character fails to develop, except as a kind of political hero for Italian communists. The Pablo Neruda character wasn't developed at all. There was very little plot (no, I wasn't looking for "car-chases" or violence or sex). If you are tired when you begin watching, you might fall asleep. It was engaging enough to keep my attention, but I was well-rested. The best part of the film was the English translation of the Pablo Neruda poem shown at the end. I am glad to have seen Il Postino because (1) it was a pleasant way to spend a boring Saturday afternoon, and (2) I learned of the beautiful, haunting poetry of Neruda. In short, it was nice, but over-hyped by Miramax. And it became a sort of "must-see" for self-styled intellectuals and the otherwise pretentious.
