Editing Tea with Mussolini (section)

==Reception==
[[File:Palazzo altoviti sangalletti, ex- caffé doney.JPG|thumb|Exterior of the former [[Gran Caffè Doney]] in Florence, where the ''Scorpioni'' would meet]]
The film opened tenth at the U.S. box office with $1,633,183 for the weekend, eventually grossing a worldwide total of $45,566,200, considerably more than its budget. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a rating of 64% from 39 reviews with the consensus: "''Tea with Mussolini'' contains few surprises, but this amiably ambling drama is too likeable – and well-cast – to completely resist."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tea_with_mussolini|title = Tea with Mussolini |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref> [[Kevin Thomas (film critic)|Kevin Thomas]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "There are some scary, somber moments in this lushest of period pieces, yet Zeffirelli wisely sustains a gallant, predominantly blithe spirit throughout. ''Tea with Mussolini'' leaves you feeling that, if in reality not everything that Zeffirelli recalls had quite so much dash, whimsy and gallantry, it's the way it should have been."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Kevin |author-link=Kevin Thomas (film critic) |title='Tea With Mussolini' Offers a Five-Role Feast |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-14-ca-36975-story.html |access-date=19 July 2022 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 14, 1999}}</ref>