Review of A Bigger Splash (2015) by Nickthecritick — 22 Oct 2022

Rock legend Marianne Lane is on vacation on the island of Pantelleria with Paul, the historic partner. The quiet of the Sicilian idyll, however, is disturbed by the arrival of Harry, with whom the woman has had an affair.

It has to be said that the first 3/4 of this film is truly jaw-dropping. We are faced with an elegant and splendid noir seasoned with a fantastic interpretation by Ralph Fiennes. Guadagnino masterfully build tension between the two men but then he really faces a creative black out. The final act of the film, on the other hand, is an example of how to completely ruin a perfect film. The use of Corrado Guzzanti as a police offer is simply incomprehensible (Guzzanti cannot even act at a basic level) and the ending of the film is really not convincing. The reflection on immigrants is very out of place and coarse and resolution is too hasty. Too bad indeed because this Could have been a great movie but It turns out to be a missed great movie.