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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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31-Dec-2020, 12:33 PM

To Rome With Love - 2012 - 5/10

Woody Allen film is homage to classic Italian cinema.
All star cast includes Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Roberto Benigni, as well Allen regulars and many Italian stars I did not recognize.
Multiple storylines, none of them interacting with each other. Film felt more like a series of sit-com moments.
Postcard photography of Rome.
Typical of later Allen, hit and miss, heavily on the miss. Unsympathetic characters do not help.
Note: I am not a major fan of Italian cinema, though you can tell Allen is. He tries hard, perhaps too hard.