Review of Satyricon (1969) by Emil K — 21 Dec 2008

Little less gay sex than I would have preferred, but whatever.

This review of Satyricon (1969) was written by Emil K on 21 Dec 2008.

Satyricon has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Satyricon

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 23 Feb 2015

It's, by design, an overwhelming film, and sometimes an exhausting one, but the melancholy and wariness keep it grounded…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Matthew J (1,312) on 28 Dec 2012

Its scope is impressive, but its altogether very strange and feels very cheap…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Ryan V (1,568) on 19 Jul 2015

Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita was an episodic satire of the excesses of Rome's idle rich; this loose adaptation of Petronius' epic poem…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Wagner P (3) on 14 Feb 2012

DelÃrio mitolÃ³gico tecnicolor. Whatever that means…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Dsfsdfdsf S (27) on 14 Aug 2012

Sometimes feels a tad too glamourized, as a bizarre contrast to the debauchery just about every scene depicts either directly or offhandedly…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Robert L (1,060) on 18 Jan 2013

If an experiment was conducted consisting in submitting a modest cinema connoisseur to this beautiful and decadently disastrous orgy of anarchic…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Craig L (247) on 15 Feb 2012

Not my favorite Fellini, but like a bad Hendrix song is better than the best of most musicians attempts, so is even a less than great Fellini film…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Martin H (700) on 11 Jul 2018

Fellini. This is a name synonymous with great film making. I've seen most of his films using boxxy software and don't get all the hype…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Michael T (3,420) on 13 Mar 2014

Fellini presents a lush cinematic fresco, surveying man's desires in an age where sex, survival and wealth were the prime goals - has anything…

Read Review

Review of Satyricon (1969)

By Penelope Houston (126) for The Spectator (1,162) on 08 Jul 2018

Satyricon achieves a curious dual effect…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of My Own Private Idaho (1991)

By Mad M (980) on 14 Oct 2013

Sin dudas lo peor que le he visto a san Sant…

Read Review

Review of Night Flight (2014)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 01 Apr 2016

This gay-themed romance will likely break a few hearts with its devastating tale about finding one's place in the world…

Read Review

Review of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

By Myron G (1) on 25 Jan 2016

Paul Newman is Brick. Brick has a habit of answering questions with questions. Brick was a football star. Brick had a pal named the Skipper…

Read Review

Review of Passion (1986)

By Ws W (1,791) on 13 Oct 2013

Generally I like its literature mood (although I prefer Yonfan who was making similar movies in the same era); & the theme song too, of course…

Read Review

Review of Monsoon Wedding (2001)

By John B (4,244) on 27 Jan 2012

Hmm.. might wanna watch it when I had the mood…

Read Review

Review of Sissi (1955)

By Sari P (368) on 18 Oct 2015

MÃªme en ayant rien Ã faire Ã Ste-Rose pendant 10 ans, non, non et re-non! Une Ã©toile pour les images... le reste, m'en calisse…

Read Review

Review of Burning Blue (2014)

By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 05 Jun 2014

This shockingly amateurish film evokes memories of Making Love, the Arthur Hiller film about a married man coming to terms with his homosexuality…

Read Review

Review of Contempt (1963)

By Ben H (1,875) on 25 Mar 2013

This is not satire. This is self-indulgence. Godard's 'Contempt' is a lifeless, soulless trudge full of conceit and pseudointellectualism…

Read Review

Review of Casablanca (1943)

By Kalrion (1) on 22 Jun 2020

What a miserable and overrated movie. I'm not even counting the fact that the film itself is quite biased. Don't spend your precious time watching it…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews