To Rome with Love (2012)

Powerful

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The film consists of four parallel stories that take place in Rome. Each story is a criticism of the entertainment industry. Likewise the total movie is a criticism in that it which incorporates an over abundance of Italian music and formulaic plots. Allen also adds his frequent themes of sex, love, death, and culture.In one tale celebrity status is spoofed as an ordinary man suddenly is famous for being famous.In another tale we see a Hollywood actress have an affair with her friend's boyfriend. This was classic Allen as Alec Baldwin plays the voice of intellect and reason within all of our heads, the one we ignore when a woman becomes a possible conquest.A third tale includes Allen himself as a retired producer with bad ideas, but has convinced himself he is simply ahead of his time.The fourth tale involves a small town woman almost seduced by a celebrity, while her husband attempts to pass off a prostitute as his wife.While the stories ran parallel, they were connected through the use of sound track and common style, as if to say, all movies about Italy are the same. I feel the film would have been better if Allen had left off that fourth story and spent more time on the other three. The episode with Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg with Alec Baldwin was my favorite and I wish they had stretched that one out. That was more of the old classic Woody Allen that I love. Perhaps if I was familiar with "The Decameron" I would have liked this film more.Parental Guide: 1 F-bomb (thank you Ellen); no nudity. Implied sex and sex talk.

The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into. To Rome with Love is unfortunately another Woody Allen movie that just doesn't work both in a romantic way but also as a comedy i mean seeing Penigni over reacting or this woman who just met a thief and later makes love with him was super cheesy and just something that i couldn't buy on. The perfomances were also pretty ok at best nothing really crazy to say or think about it and as far as direction? Well i can't say that it was good. (0/10)

BARFCreated this profile to down-vote this movie. Horrible, everything up-played about why an amazing country is tanking. I get the intentions, but pathetic. I laughed once. Even the Italini were bad at acting Italian If you have extremely low self esteem and assume everyone has no respect for each other, this might be entertaining. Unfortunately, like a horrible car wreck, I stopped to see it all the way through. Go to Rome, actually experience it and if you can, live there.

This is a lighthearted, enjoyable film full of humor and irony over human condition. Typical Allen in what he always excels. Don't expect from this film great philosophical and existential dramas. People who leave bad reviews either don't get the irony or maybe it resonates with their personal similar experiences. It is a bit like relatives of Antonio writing some of the reviews. The current 6.3 grade undervalues the film, in my opinion it is a firm 7.5. IMDb in general undervalues European-style films. Watch Allen's film, enjoy the walk through Rome, derive moral lessons at your will. This film is on par with his late films (obvious comparison with Midnight in Paris, Magic in the Moonlight and others). Midnight in Paris probably has a bit more depth,just due to the script. This film consists of four stories developed in parallel, with only the city of Rome joining them together.