StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

afmalhabsyi Its just a simple story, with a simple point. this is one of my favorite classic movie!

aforeginer This is not a film you think too much about, it's a film that makes you feel. Though, a few things can be said about how it makes you feel. The story is very simple; a man living in poverty during post-war Italy gets a job hanging up posters. For this he needs a bicycle, something that in itself is a big investment for his family due to their economic situation. Unfortunately his bike is stolen on his first day. This leads to several smaller incidents where the man in his son walks around in the city to search for the bike and the thief who stole it. What makes this film is its simplicity. It's concentrated depiction of a hopeless situation. This is one of those films that will really make you feel the desperation of our protagonists. It's empathetic and gives a certain insight of humans situated in a desperate setting.

Jack Hawkins (Hawkensian) 'Bicycle Thieves' is a sometimes poignant film about the plight of the 'little man' who has no contacts, no influence, no money, no nothing'.I must admit that the extremely high esteem in which it is held leaves me slightly at a loss. Its themes of wealth and class are clear but they rarely evoked much emotion within me for Antonio - our protagonist and victim of the titular bicycle thieves - is rather dull. The one and only exception to this is when he gleefully indulges at a local restaurant with his son Bruno. Alas, the pleasure it brings them is fleeting.I felt a modicum of indignation here and a degree of pathos there, but ultimately, 'Bicycle Thieves' did not compel me. Certainly not compared to the gritty kitchen sink fare of the British New Wave some years later. Rather, I appreciated it as a cinematic artefact; an educational experience rather than an entertaining one.

Leofwine_draca BICYCLE THIEVES has gone down in film history as a classic for its ability to transport the viewer effortlessly to a different time and place: to post-war Italy, blighted by poverty and restrictions on general life, where the mere possession of an ordinary push bike is the difference between life and death for an ordinary family.The film follows a father and his kid as they pursue the thief who has stolen the father's bicycle. There's no more plot to it than that, but the film uses the opportunity to explore mob violence, social realism, petty crime, justice, family relationships, and of course poverty. It's a well acted and realistic drama throughout, sometimes too realistic as it ultimately ends up being rather depressing. The film is beautifully shot and easy to watch despite the subsequent passing of the years.