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The Great Beauty

The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (BBC)

La grande bellezza

2013

Paolo Sorrentino

Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Serena Grandi ...

7.4

37,903

Comedy. Drama The story of an aging journalist who bitterly recollects his passionate, lost youth. A portrait of today's Rome. Journalist Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo, 'Il divo' and 'Gomorrah') has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Paolo Sorrentino (...) he describes it all in a pleasingly creative way that pulls audiences in through humor and excess"	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"A densely packed, often astonishing cinematic feast that honors Rome in all its splendor and superficiality"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This movie looks and feels superb (...) But there is also a excess of richness and bombast and for all its sleekness I felt that the spark of emotion was being hidden (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"When the credits began to roll at the press screening, some critics rose to their feet and just stared dumbly at the screen. I'm happy to admit I was among them (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A deliriously alive movie, 'The Great Beauty' is the story of a man, a city, a country and a cinema, though not necessarily in that order."	POS
United States	John DeFore The Washington Post	"[Director Paolo Sorrentino] collects scenes of superficial extravagance and eccentricity, then finds the deeper yearnings they conceal. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Anthony Lane The New Yorker	"The face of Toni Servillo is one of the treasures of modern cinema (...) Look no further, if you wish to know whether, where, and in what guise the spirit of Fellini remains at work — and, better still, at play."	POS

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