To Rome with Love (2012)

The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into.

Director:

Woody Allen

Writer:

Woody Allen

Stars:

Woody Allen, Jesse Eisenberg, Penélope Cruz

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Judy Davis	...	Phyllis
Flavio Parenti	...	Michelangelo
Roberto Benigni	...	Leopoldo
Alison Pill	...	Hayley
Alessandro Tiberi	...	Antonio
Alessandra Mastronardi	...	Milly
Alec Baldwin	...	John
Carol Alt	...	Carol
David Pasquesi	...	Tim
Antonio Albanese	...	Luca Salta
Lynn Swanson	...	Ellen
Fabio Armiliato	...	Giancarlo
Monica Nappo	...	Sofia
Ornella Muti	...	Pia Fusari
Corrado Fortuna	...	Rocco

Storyline

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 ...

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Plot Keywords:

celebrity | architect | honeymoon | film actor | american tourist | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

USA Italy Spain

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

6 July 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nero Fiddled

Filming Locations:

Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

€17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$361,359 (USA) (22 June 2012)

Gross:

$16,684,352 (USA) (9 November 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Medusa Film, Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The term 'Ozymandias Melancholy' was invented by Woody Allen for his 1980 movie Stardust Memories.

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Goofs

When Leopoldo leaves his house to go to work, he walks to his car and the front wheels are pointing to the right. He leaves the car there. When he comes home, the car's wheels are turned to the left.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Traffic Policeman: Sorry, I don't speak English very well. I'm from Roma. My job, as you can see, is to see that the traffic move. I stand up here, an I see everything. All people. I see life. In this city, all is a story.

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Connections

Referenced in Special Collector's Edition: Underground (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Arrivederci Roma"
Composed by Pietro Garinei, Sandro Giovanni & Renato Rascel
Performed by Alfredo Messina

User Reviews

A Half Cooked Italian Dish

Rome must be one of the most photogenic cities in the world, no matter how you look at it or who is looking. The Rome of Fellini with all its magic corners or Pasolini's Rome with its poetic darkness. Woody Allen's Rome is pure postcard glitter. What a let down. This is Allen's weakest script so far. Seems undecided and downright lazy. The tribute to Fellini's "The White Sheik" verges on theft and the Italian actors delivering their lines in Italian look and sound as participants of a provincial amateur hour. Even Oscar winner Roberto Benigni gives a pale and tired life to a thoroughly underwritten character. Allen himself is very good as is Judy Davis as his wife. But, I wonder what was in the writer/director's mind. I believe that in Allen's filmography from best to worst, To Rome With Love will appear very near the bottom. But, let's not despair, the master is already prepping his next flick.