The Great Beauty Reviews Movie Reviews By Reviewer Type All Critics Top Critics All Audience We encourage our community to report abusive content and/ or spam. Our team will review flagged items and determine whether or not they meet our community guidelines. Please choose best explanation for why you are flagging this review. Thank you for your submission. This post has been submitted for our review. Sincerely, The Rotten Tomatoes Team Aug 03, 2020 sublime, Romanesque, intelligent, glorious, gorgeous, dancy, moving. Every Pathos realised in a stunning film. Go see this. sublime, Romanesque, intelligent, glorious, gorgeous, dancy, moving. Go see this. Jul 16, 2020 A masterpiece in the tradition of the best Italian movie directors. A masterpiece in the tradition of the best Italian movie directors. May 12, 2020 This Movie from the ones I saw is my personal favorite. It has the best party scene I have ever seen. It is Chaotic but filled with so much information about the rest of the movie and its characters in such a short scene.
Utterly sublime. Why cinemas were built.
Paolo Sorrentino, an Italian film director whose first film as a screenwriter, The Dust of Naples, was released in 1998, became widely known to the general public only in 2013. In that year, he released The Great Beauty, a beautiful film shot in Rome that won him an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe. Here is the list of the five most captivating of the director's works. This philosophical film that won Sorrentino his fame opens with a quote that in some way summarizes it: "To travel is very useful, it makes the imagination work, the rest is just delusion and pain. Our journey is entirely imaginary, which is its strength". The Great Beauty could be defined as such: a journey into the inside of Rome lead by the main character played by Toni Servillo, an aging socialite, writer and journalist who walks along the streets of Rome looking at the lives of its people, young and old, rich and poor, and reflecting on his own life and past experiences. The movie became very famous for the amazing shots of Rome, masterfully arranged by Sorrentino.
But we find ways to cope and keep going- family, friends, parties, drugs, lust, art. The eternal bachelor night life works for Jep. He has not really succumbed to looking like a fool denying his age and living as if he's still a young(er) man. But he's a great character; full of charisma, style, and confidence in the person he has become. The film is also celebratory of Rome; the city as a character of sorts itself. Remarkably well cast and visually gorgeous, the film overcomes issues of being somewhat derivative in parts, some style over substance, and being overly long to the point of some tedium. 3. 8 stars It's just a trick. But we find ways to cope and keep going- family, friends, parties, drugs, lust, art. Apr 10, 2020 "GREAT BEAUTY", has one of the best cinematographies ever made in a film, the character's honesty and concern for life make us reflect and ask us where we are in the world. masterpiece "GREAT BEAUTY", has one of the best cinematographies ever made in a film, the character's honesty and concern for life make us reflect and ask us where we are in the world.
The film is also a reflection of the decadence of Rome and Italy, especially the decadence of the upper class, and for this reason it is often compared to Fellini's iconic La dolce vita. Sorrentino as a director is very interested in the past, both personal and that of a nation. In this shocking and very involving movie he reveals one of the recent dark periods of Italian history, with the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Andreotti, skilfully played by Servillo, was notorious for his alleged connection to the Mafia and has even undergone a court trial for it in 1995, as the various murders of his political opponents all began to unravel. In this masterful movie, Sorrentino reveals the mind of a corrupted politician through scenes of murder and long monologues. The soundtrack is fantastic too! This is Sorrentino's second English-language movie. It tells the story of a retired orchestra conductor played by Michael Caine. Caine's character receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform in Prince Philip's birthday, which leads to his reflection on music, his youth and life in general.