Review of To Rome with Love (2012) by Nedryerson1 — 13 Jan 2014
To Rome with Love surprised me because did not fulfill all the expectation that a Woody Allen film can produce. The whole movie idea is repetitive: stories that treat the topic of love and loss. The thing is that every chapter has some detail that is innovative, immerse in the classic Woody Allen irony.
First we have the one of Jerry and his wife who came to Rome in order to visit the future husband of their daughter; however Jerry is an imbecille opera director that put people singing dressed like mice.
Second there is Jack and Sally who are tormented by the presence of Monica a kind of femme fatale; here it constantly appear John and we do not know if he is real or the conscious of Jack, because he shows up everywhere.
Third it is the one of Antonio and his wife whose relation will be interrupted by Anna, a prostitute, and Lucas, a film star. Finally we have Leopoldo, a middle age man who from one day to another became famous.
Despite all these things, this film do not show important topics of this director: like the neurotic-obsessive character, the escape from the reality, the feeling of belonging and fear of rejection. As always the script is hilarious, although some performances are deficient, except Ellen Page, Alec Baldwin and Penelope Cruz.
Seem to be that Woody Allen lost the way.
This review of To Rome with Love (2012) was written by Nedryerson1 on 13 Jan 2014.
To Rome with Love has generally received mixed reviews.
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