Review of The Great Beauty (2013) by Joshua J — 11 Jul 2014

I gave up after an hour. Not really sure what The Academy saw here to give it the foreign language Oscar........

This review of The Great Beauty (2013) was written by Joshua J on 11 Jul 2014.

The Great Beauty has generally received very positive reviews.

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Final movie on my long queue of Italian films. I saved one of the best for last…

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