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The Taming of the Scoundrel (1980) · CriticCrunch

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The Taming of the Scoundrel

Movie1980·104 min

The Taming of the Scoundrel

Directed by Castellano, Pipolo

A comedy film directed by Castellano.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 16%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.2/10

512 ratings

About The Taming of the Scoundrel

A rich farmer is well known for being very unkind. He's misanthropic, misogynous and cantankerous. Until he meets by chance a gorgeous girl...

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Comedy-driven (9 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Light (9 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Cozy
Story Tags: forbidden love, redemption, grand estate, american regional, romantic partners, outsider misfit, anti hero, fish out of water, slow burn reveal, romcom meet cute

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Details

Director: Castellano, Pipolo
Language: Italian

Cast

Adriano Celentano, Ornella Muti, Edith Peters

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How The Taming of the Scoundrel Ranks

All movies

Top 16%

1980s movies

Top 17%

Comedy movies

Top 13%

1980s Comedy movies

Top 15%

★Castellano films#1 of 13

Castellano's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

The Taming of the Scoundrel Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleeasy to followcomedy-drivenintimatelight

playful

cozy

What it's about

fish out of waterslow-burn revealforbidden loveredemptionoutsider misfitanti-heroromantic partnersmeet-cutegrand estateamerican regional

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

comedy-driven 9/9comedy 9/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

light 9/9light 9/9

texture

playfulplayful