CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

haventmadeupmymindyet Visually stunning. Luca Bigazzi's cinematography is outstanding not to mention Toni Servillo's performance. Paolo Sorrentino made Italians proud again!

David Bourne Even positive reviews of Sorrentino's masterpiece cavill at the lack of an ongoing story amidst the vignettes of 21st century dolce vita. In fact, the storyline is there for those with eyes to see it. It makes its first appearance as Jep stares at his bedroom ceiling which morphs into a blue sea. Unexpectedly, the husband of Jep's first (and only) love arrives to tell him she has died and in her diary she named Jep as her one true love. The image of the blue sea is explained as we see a flashback to Jep (in his early 20s) diving under an oncoming speed boat, watched by girls including the one he falls in love with. Later, in another flashback, Jep recalls their moonlit tryst. It was their love that inspired Jep's first highly acclaimed novel. Since then, he has suppressed the great beauty of their innocent love. But events have conspired to force him to remember and then, and only then, is he ready to begin his second novel. With dry pseudo-cynicism, he says "It's just a trick". We know better.

leplatypus Ordinary, i really like Sabrina movies as unlike la Bellucci, she stays close to her roots and plays everyday women. But this time, her choice is different and i found this movie totally awful ! It's the same elitist and empty stinker you can find in some American movies (Allen), or french cinema (Ozon). It's about the lives of the wealthy privileged, who doesn't really work, who think socialite life is the best occupation of the world: in spite of their art shows, beautiful mansions, vacations, wardrobes, they are mindless, soulless, heartless to just achieve desire for money and sex ! Those people verify my belief that the upper you are, the less you got values ! Maybe the sets are beautiful because Italy is an old country with a famous heritage but 140 minutes among those ghouls are just excruciating for me, even with Sabrina, playing a meaningless stripper at 51 years old ! What a decadence !

maatheij the film is sometimes boring, sometimes beautiful, sometimes even unpleasant. I would remark the beauty of Rome in the night walks, the city always ahead of its people. What I don't like is the actor playing the leading role, he is not at all elegant, or handsome or interesting by any means. The Marcello Mastroianni from la dolce vita is here a good actor ( everybody says )but without any charm or any looks to be part of the high class society