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Title: Disappointing
Review: There is some pretty photography here, and the portraits of the relationships between the Medicis and their artist proteges are engaging. But I must agree with other reviewers that there is a woeful lack of true biographical material about the Medicis themselves. Why were they hated? What were the feuds about? Why did they have to leave Florence? How do they compare to the Borgias? The explanations are vague or absent. I suspect that what we have is a chamber of commerce history, with sumptuous sets and costumes and heavily accented narration, designed to make you want to visit Florence, but with very little elucidation and no insight. I think you can get a better perspective on Renaissance Italy from Hollywood's historical fiction The Prince of Foxes, starring Tyrone Power, than with this documentary.
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