The Kidnapping of Arabella

Name: The Kidnapping of Arabella
Duration: 1 h 47 min

1hr 47m

3.3/5 (875)

1hr 47m
3.3/5 (875)

An Italian woman named Holly is convinced she's the wrong version of herself until meeting a 7-year-old girl who changes her perspective. More Details »

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Release Date:

Jul 17, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 47m

Synopsis

An Italian woman named Holly is convinced she's the wrong version of herself until meeting a 7-year-old girl who changes her perspective.

Moviegoers are saying

Carolina Cavalli's 'The Kidnapping of Arabella' has audiences buzzing about Chris Pine's surprising Italian-language performance in a skin-tight suit, though viewers are split between embracing its eccentric Lanthimos-lite approach and being put off by its contrived quirkiness. The film's playfully absurd road trip premise and deliberately unusual character names (Granitina, Topper) create a love-it-or-hate-it experience that demands complete suspension of disbelief.

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Eccentric-Italian

Chris-Pine-Surprise

Lanthimos-Lite

Absurdist-Comedy

Contrived-Quirky

Arthouse-Polarizing

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3.3

RATINGS 2 FANS

3.3

Jul 17, 2026

Carolina Cavalli’s “The Kidnapping of Arabella” opens with one of the single most surprising things I’ve seen and/or heard in a movie this year: Chris Pine, swagged out in a skin-tight suit that makes him look like a yassified Nick Cave, seething with jealousy over Jonathan…

145 Likes

davidehrlich

Aug 27, 2025

Il rapimento è stato il mio per un'ora e 37

77 Likes

The Quirky Cinephile

Aug 27, 2025

“Evviva👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻che bello👏🏻👏🏻evviva👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻”

68 Likes

Nat
Aug 20, 2026

good time at the ball. Sometimes

32 Likes

viv

Oct 22, 2025

What if Roy Andersson made “Thelma & Louise”?

46 Likes

Robert Daniels

Aug 27, 2025

i trampolini da tuffi son stati inventati per permettere a carolina cavalli di poterci far sdraiare le sue protagoniste

46 Likes

giada
Aug 28, 2025

god forbid a girl goes a little insane

44 Likes

p

Aug 28, 2025

chiamare un bambino topper è un altro tipo di devianza mentale (a meno che a sceglierlo non sia stato bruno barbieri)

40 Likes

giulia🫧

Aug 27, 2025

Zerocalcare stava seduto giusto di fronte a me e mi ha pure dato una gomitata sulla gamba

35 Likes

Valentina