Review of The Great Beauty (2013) by Carlos Z — 08 Apr 2014

No wonder it won the Oscar for foreign film. Unique and at times beautiful.

This review of The Great Beauty (2013) was written by Carlos Z on 08 Apr 2014.

The Great Beauty has generally received very positive reviews.

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Let's see if this can be the first review of The Great Beauty to do without mentioning Fellini's 8 1/2. Darn…

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By Adam Y (80) on 10 Sep 2015

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By Alun W (17) on 06 Jan 2018

For our cinema (italian cinema) doesn't get any greater then this. Una bellezza Felliniana, quella di Sorrentino…

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I feel like this movie has a similar origin story to The Fall, except that instead of trying to do and be a lot of different things, The Great…

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