Review of The Great Beauty (2013) by Abdulmalik A — 21 Feb 2014

To be wealthy, gorgeous and dead inside in Rome! La Grande Bellezza?

This review of The Great Beauty (2013) was written by Abdulmalik A on 21 Feb 2014.

The Great Beauty has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Facebook U (1,208) on 05 Sep 2016

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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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By Gareth D (604) on 12 Jun 2017

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Drunk on the visual majesty of Rome, just as Fellini once was, this is arthouse cinema at its most effortlessly entrancing, with life and art…

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This film has almost no purpose. There's no clear meaning at the end of the day and it doesn't talk about anything…

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By Guillem Martinez Oya (22) for Cinematismo (13) on 12 Dec 2018

A travel by la città eterna. About the beauty, the desire, the life and, finally, the death. An audiovisual travel that worth doing…

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By Reece L (510) on 11 Nov 2015

Less derivative of Felini's La Dolce Vita than a deliberate homage to it, The Great Beauty similarly focuses on the existential problems associated…

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By Joel A (1,152) on 13 Jul 2016

A visual tour de force film that recently won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film…

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Funny and sad, poignant and profound, elegant and elegiac, ambitious and ambiguous, The Great Beauty is one of the most utterly enjoyable movies…

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