I think Fellini was quite self-indulgent during this period of his career, not really a problem if you're a fan of his work but those that are unfamiliar with his humour, editing style and love of Italy and its people should probably start with another film and leave this till la... read more
Britta Barnes,
Federico Fellini,
Pia De Doses,
Angela de Leo,
Mario del Vago
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Fellini's Roma is a virtually plotless autobiographical tribute to Rome, Italy, featuring narration by Fellini himself and a mixture of real-life footage and fictional set pieces. It flows from episod... read more
DVD Release Date: April 10, 2001
Stats: 286 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (286)
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May 16, 2011
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June 29, 2009
Can become a bit tiresome but cannot be judged from the point of view of plot and acting. It's a personal celebration of what the city of Rome means to the director, with its' history and its' huge variety of wild characters in the neighborhood. One can't deny the director's sta... read more
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June 22, 2008
Really fascinating film from Fellini. One day I'll make a movie about the place where I was born: Atlantis!
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April 25, 2005
[font=Century Gothic][color=green]"Fellini's Roma" is Federico Fellini's enjoyable tribiute to the city he loved in his own inimicable style. He goes from the present to the past of World War II, while also providing an educational history lesson. Through it all, Fellini showed... read more
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September 9, 2009
Surreal and funny (= felinesque), but the cinematography is awful, and that is a very important aspect in Fellini's cinema.
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October 4, 2008
Fellini's obsessiveness ultimately became his nemesis.Roma is an homage,cameos and fantasies (maybe his dreams and nightmares parading) and a hypnotic altogether atmosphere circulating between past and present.In order to show a prophetic future,Federico embarks on an unsafe jour... read more
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February 19, 2012
Impressionistic narrative of Rome's history told through the shared lenses of collective and personal history. It's Fellini, so there are some strikingly surreal images and oddball characters, but this is, overall, a spectacular valentine to the director's adopted city. The fin... read more
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August 16, 2009
A plotless, dreamy, hypnotic, visual ode to old and (then) new Rome. It thrilled me to realize I had walked the same steps as Fellini from a trip to Rome several years ago. Favorite moments: the discovery of the frescoes, the outdoor dinner scene, the papal fashion show (yowza!),... read more
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July 19, 2008
Though there is really no plot, this impressionistic ode to Fellini's favorite corner of the world is filled with adoration. A few scenes in particular are priceless.
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April 25, 2008
Well if you like film-making and haven't watched this one ... do it ASAP ... I repeat ASAP
Probably the perfect film that can be made by a hand held camera without a plot ... a straight forward, to-the-point documentary perspective of Fillini for his favorite city in the world.
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Critic Reviews
Fellini isn't just giving us a lot of flashy scenes, he's building a narrative that has a city for its protagonist instead of a single character. Full Review
A semi-docu, Fellini's Roma is as much about the eccentric director as it is about this endlessly fascinating city Full Review
Roma, a confounding and confused semi-documentary, tried the patience of even the most devoted Fellini fans. Full Review
What Fellini can't give us, is what's not in him--a true sense of the political and the art. Full Review
I'm pretty mixed over this film. It never did much for me, but I've never hated it, either. You either love Fellini, or you hate him. I guess I'm that weird anomaly that doesn't care.
Fellini is as firmly associated with Rome as Julius Caesar. Full Review
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