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To Rome with Love is a kaleidoscopic comedy movie set in one of the world's most enchanting cities. The film brings us into contact with a well-known American architect reliving his youth; an average ... read more read more...middle-class Roman who suddenly finds himself Rome's biggest celebrity; a young provincial couple drawn into separate romantic encounters; and an American opera director endeavoring to put a singing mortician on stage. -- (C) Sony Pictures Classics

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R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Woody Allen

Release Date: June 22, 2012

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  • LWOODS04
    March 13, 2013
    LWOODS04
    To Rome with Love was one of the most boring, messy, unineresting, long films I have seen recently. I can confidently say that I hated it. I gave it a star for the talent that was in the film. I have only liked a handful of Woody Allen's films. I think... read more he's tallented and does unique films, but this one was pure crap. None of the characters are likable. I usually find Woody odd and a bit funny, but here he was just a mumbling annoyance. Baldwins performance made me feel like I was watching him in another commercial. It was just all so awful. It's not a film for me. It may be for you. But I doubt it.
  • cosmo313
    February 26, 2013
    cosmo313
    I had heard some decidedly mixed to even rather negative things about this, but ya know what? That's not entirely accurate.

    Set in Rome, we get four unrelated vignettes that all involve love and relationships in some sort of way, all of them generally kind of funny, and falling ... read moreunder the umbrella of rom-com/magical realism.

    The movie isn't really a good one per se, but it's not terrible either. I think it mostly fails to be great because Woody is old, doesn't really care much anymore, and just keeps on making movies just because. In a way, I'm okay with this, because even the worst Woody Allen is still sort of enjoyable in its own way.

    All of these four stories are hit and miss, but each one did make me laugh at least once, though never in a gut busting sort of way. Even when things fell flat, I wasn't really bored, so that shows you right there that the film isn't a complete loss.

    It's good seeing Woody act again, but his shtick is quite tired here, and I wouldn't have cared had he just stayed behind the camera. It's at least nice seeing Roberto Benigni and Judy Davis again, though. Jesse Eisenberg makes for a great surrogate Woody, and I liked Ellen Page as well. Seeing Penelope Cruz play a prostitute posing as a newly married man's wife was probably the highlight though.

    All in all, this is lesser Allen, but it still has its merits. I don't fully recommend it, but can't think of enough reasons not to possibly check it out either.
  • emilebond007
    February 16, 2013
    emilebond007
    This would be quite good and funny if the direction were imaginative enough to add to the charming scenes Allen's screenplay has to offer. Instead, we're left with its unfocused and mainly uninteresting plot that was only asking for a little help from the visuals.
  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    January 25, 2013
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    A Well Cooked Italian Dish.

    Great Film! "To Rome with Love" is a fantasy film; a comedy about people living out their fantasies. The great thing about it is that it's subtle enough that you don't recognize the fantasy element in all of the relationships until later on in the fil... read morem. The whole cast works nicely and all the performances are all around great. We see different stories through out the film. Some show aspects of the Italian lifestyle and culture, presented from a beautiful Rome; that city that Allen wants to present to us, his Rome. But other stories present again the issues that have been important to him, those problems that for centuries have raised for humankind: love, infidelity, death, success, fame, happiness; those issues that Allen simply loves to discuss.

    Confidence is not to be confused with optimism because as funny as "To Rome with Love" is, it also has Allen's usual undertone of pessimism. Death is going to come sooner than you would like, but not soon enough. And even if you do get to live out your heart's fantasies, they may not lead to everything that you hoped for. This film is the comedy version of death and negativity, and can provide you with the simple joys in life. Go see it!

    In Rome, the America tourist Hayley meets the local lawyer Michelangelo on the street and soon they fall in love with each other. Hayley's parents, the psychiatrist Phyllis and the retired music producer Jerry, travel to Rome to meet Michelangelo and his parents. When Jerry listens to Michelangelo's father Giancarlo singing opera in the shower, he is convinced that he is a talented opera singer. But there is a problem: Giancarlo can only sing in the shower. The couple Antonio and Milly travel to Rome to meet Antonio's relatives that belong to the high society. Milly goes to the hairdresser while Antonio waits for her in the room. Milly gets lost in Rome and the prostitute Anna mistakenly goes to Antonio's room. Out of the blue, his relatives arrive in the room and they believe Anna is Antonio's wife. Meanwhile the shy Milly meets her favorite actor Luca Salta (Antonio Albanese) and goes to his hotel room "to discuss about movies". One day, the middle-class clerk Leopoldo becomes a celebrity and is hunted by the paparazzo. A couple of days later, he is forgotten by the media. The American architect John travels to Rome with his wife and feels nostalgic since he lived in the city thirty years ago when he was a student. He meets the student of architecture Jack, who lives on the same street that John had lived, and he invited to drink a coffee at his house. Jack lives with his girlfriend Sally (Greta Gerwig) that invites her best friend Monica to stay with them in their house. But soon Jack has a crush on Monica.
  • danperry17
    October 29, 2012
    danperry17
    Not Allen's best, but there's not a lot wrong with this film - like Vicky Cristina Barcelona, it's sexually charged to the nines, and though there are a few jokes that fall flat - Woody Allen can't really play a character other than Woody Allen - there are a quite a few big laugh... read mores.

    At once a love letter to and parody of Italy and its films, the deft shifting between the almost too many storylines is unfortunately offset by an introductory and concluding line that land on the twee side, and the overriding whiimsy we expect from Allen is almost too similar to a lot that he's done before.

    Only "almost," though; I still went home happy. When it comes to conversations and what they reveal about the characters, nobody does it like Allen. And the drive to bad choices for what seem, in the end, to be decent reasons, is what holds your attention the whole way. I found myself saying, "Wow, in Allen's world, everyone is always sleeping with everyone else," but that's not the point of the film, not exactly. The stated message is simply that everyone's got a story, which becomes hilarious in the Begnini storyline, in which the minutia of his ordinary life becomes the nightly top story on the news. The commentary is on our celebrity-obsessed society, but it's also a wink from the film-maker, telling you that maybe this is all absurd: maybe you don't need or want to be entertained by quotidian details, and maybe you could just turn the TV off, as many of us do once we reach our respective gossip tolerances.

    It's not as bad as the critics say, it's just not as good as VCB or Midnight in Paris, (never mind his 70s work). The master is fading, and To Rome with Love is an untidy mish-mash many of his previous approaches, but as is pointed out in the movie - to Allen's character, which I'm sure is no coincidence - retirement may well equal death, to some. It seems particularly relevant to an artist this prolific, so I say, "Long live Woody!"
  • fb1686480544
    October 27, 2012
    fb1686480544
    A hit and miss film producing fewer laughs, and less intelligent and emotional nuance, than any of Woody Allen's best work. The structure is interesting, and pulled off well, as is are the alternating languages, but it still feels a little bitty, a little scattershot, while Midni... read moreght In Paris was anchored in clever, strong thematic focus. The picturesque, touristic shooting of Rome is noticeable and awkward here, while Midnight In Paris pulled off its glazed, romantic view entirely, by complimenting and responding to the narrative and themes with gratifying effect. In the same way, the American upper-middle-class tourist point of view is very apparent here, without the scepticism it received in MIP. However, the film is not lacking in entertainment, featuring a solid acting return from Allen and a hilarious and touching strand with Vicky Christina Barcelona alumni Penelope Cruz. The highlight is the triple-act of Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg and Alec Baldwin, in what is simultaneously the most funny, cynical, honest and touching storyline- and not coincidentally the one that most recalls Woody Allen at his analytic best.
  • dunmyer
    August 27, 2012
    dunmyer
    "To Rome with Love" is my favorite Woody Allen movie since 2008's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." It channels the spirit of Federico Fellini to bring a surrealist touch to its sumptuous celebration of Rome. Perhaps it's the imaginative and slightly post-modern surrealism that has cau... read moresed mainstream critics to turn their backs on this film. Their loss.

    Don't get me wrong. It's not great. It doesn't warrant a Best Picture nomination. But it is a delightful gem.

    There are several distinct, unrelated storylines in "Rome," giving it a multi-faceted quality. The first involves an accomplished American architect (Alec Baldwin) coming back to Rome for the first time in 30 years. In his student days, he had spent a year or so in Rome, and returning to the city for the first time has overwhelmed him with feeling.

    He walks to his old neighborhood and meets an Architecture student (Jesse Eisenberg) who is doing the same thing Baldwin did, a young American having a glorious year in Rome that he'll remember forever.

    Gradually, the script works in a beautiful touch of surrealism. There aren't two separate architects. They're the same person. Baldwin is having a tender visit with his 21-year-old self, reliving the brief love affair he had in Rome when he was so young. Allen never gets overly sentimental with this storyline. I found it to be a beautiful meditation on lost youth.

    Eisenberg does a wonderful job with this storyline. It's the best I've ever seen from Eisenberg. Equally wonderful is Ellen Page ("Hard Candy," "Juno") as the well-intentioned but self-absorbed actress with whom the student architect has a one-week affair. One little week he remembers forever.

    The second storyline involves an American couple (Allen and Judy Davis) in Rome to visit their daughter (Alison Pill), who is engaged to a young Italian man. When the in-laws meet, hilarity ensues. A crazy subplot emerges when Allen tries to convince his son-in-law's father to pursue a career in opera. In addition to providing screwball comedy, this subplot allows the film to present some of the most beautiful singing you'll hear at the movies all year.

    Thirdly, there's a young Italian couple from a small town who have come to Rome to celebrate their engagement. Penelope Cruz plays a good-hearted hooker who gets mixed up with them.

    Fourth: Academy Award winner Roberto Benigni plays an ordinary accountant flung into 15 minutes of fame, in a wildly surrealistic send-up of the 21st-century mania for reality TV and instant fame.

    "To Rome With Love" is a must-see for anyone who loves Europe and likes his screwball comedy laced with surrealism, opera, and post-modernism. I loved it.
  • aliceinpunderland
    July 29, 2012
    aliceinpunderland
    I was really excited that Ellen Page was going to play Monica, "the siren ingenue," in Woody Allen's newest film because while she's made her career playing quirky/damaged girls, there's an irresistible quality in her that I find sexy and sensual. Instead, either Woody directed ... read moreher or she acted as her usual loquacious faux-savant. Styling could have helped. Page needn't have glammed up or channeled Penelope Cruz, but it seems like every aspect of Monica's personality (whether sexy or banal) is spoken of and determined by others, not actually shown on the screen by Page's performance or costuming. Her friend, Sally, keeps saying she's so attractive, but Alec Baldwin's old-man-guide character keeps criticizing her pretentious art and literary references that I wonder why Jack even falls for her. If characters undercut other characters, there isn't much for the audience to fall for. Woody often has such a way with his actresses - whether lighting them or just getting them to smile more. I never thought much of Alison Pill, but she is radiant in a girl-next-door part just because she smiles and wears white and has more outdoor scenes in natural light.

    The rest of the movie is Woody's typical, below average, antic-ridden ensemble comedy.
  • 366weirdmovies
    July 18, 2012
    366weirdmovies
    Four stories from Woody Allen set in Rome: a Roman citizen becomes famous for no reason, a young married couple is separated and tempted by other lovers, an architecht follows a younger version of himself through a romantic fling, and a retired opera director wants to make a mort... read moreician into a star tenor. There are no huge laughs (the opera phenom who can only sing in the shower comes the closest), but the stories are all well-written and charming enough to keep you watching. It's simple enough: if you're a Woody Allen fan you'll be satisfied, and if you're not this trifle won't change your mind.
  • spielberg00
    July 15, 2012
    spielberg00
    Woody Allen is without a doubt growing older and older. Each year, he releases a film, a goal he set God only knows how long ago, and usually, we're genuinely surprised by how old he actually is (currently, that number is 76). Why is this so shocking? Not one cell in his wryly... read more humorous mind is aging with his body. TO ROME WITH LOVE, Allen's followup to 2011?s MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, is a very, very funny movie. I would quite honestly go so far as to say that it could be even funnier than MIDNIGHT. But much unlike that recent classic, ROME likely has a scarce ability to endure multiple viewings, nor does it have any chance of garnering a nomination for the Best Picture Academy Award, come early next year. With a thin plot that withers itself away even further into set of generically unfocused tales, the film falls flat in several areas.

    I'm a huge fan of director Woody Allen. I surely haven't seen every one of his works-you can't expect me to, as my fandom began this past November, and the man has directed a total of forty-four feature films-but I'm very familiar with his style. Side-splitting humor, paired with intriguing plot and substantial mood. Looks like Mr. Allen forgot his typical sense of atmosphere here. TO ROME WITH LOVE claims to be romantic with just the word "love", but never does an atmospheric feeling of love carry on over to the audience.

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Critic Reviews

Trevor Johnston
September 11, 2012
Trevor Johnston, Time Out

Allen's creative revival comes to a juddering halt with a foursome of would-be amusing vignettes that barely muster a laugh between them. Full Review

James Berardinelli
July 7, 2012
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Once upon a time, calling a movie "lesser Woody Allen" might be considered a slap in the face. Now, it's more-or-less expected. Full Review

Ricardo Baca
July 6, 2012
Ricardo Baca, Denver Post

Allen's story moves along quite wonderfully, primarily because of his nuanced casting. Full Review

Ben Sachs
July 6, 2012
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader

Most of the characters are archetypes, yet Allen treats them with genuine affection and avoids the bitterness that's marred much of his recent work. Full Review

Tom Long
July 6, 2012
Tom Long, Detroit News

It's minor Woody, but it's still Woody. Full Review

Liam Lacey
July 6, 2012
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Not great, but not grating. Full Review

Moira MacDonald
July 5, 2012
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Well, it's not "Midnight in Paris," but it's not "Whatever Works," either. Full Review

Steven Rea
July 5, 2012
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Alas, it's a love letter written on the fly, with brushstroke characters working their way through a cluster of sketchy, disconnected plotlines. Full Review

Ty Burr
July 5, 2012
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

A charming but terribly self-indulgent trifle that's less than the sum of its many parts. Full Review

Colin Covert
July 5, 2012
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Fans of Allen's magnificent earlier work can only look at this effort and feel their own brand of Ozymandias melancholia. Full Review

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