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:

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

Roberto Benigni's first appearance in a wide American release since Pinocchio, and only his second since his Academy Award winning performance in Life Is Beautiful. It is his first appearance in an American produced and directed film since Son of the Pink Panther.

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Goofs

When Leopoldo and his wife are walking the street near a street coffee vendor, the extras in the background pass several times.

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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

Featured in Maltin on Movies: Gangster Squad (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)"
Composed by Domenico Modugno & Franco Migliacci
Performed by Domenico Modugno & His San Remo Orchestra

User Reviews

Enjoyable Woody Allen Flick

Although nowhere near Woody Allen's great films like Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and her Sisters and Midnight in Paris, To Rome with Love is still a charming, and entertaining film. Some have called the film, Woody Allen's worst film, and I simply don't agree. (His worse film is Scoop) The whole cast works nicely and all the performances are all around great. My favorite being Judy Davis, she stole the show for me.

I found some of the scenes rushed and haphazardly constructed and some of the dialogue overwritten and under-rehearsed. The film at times, felt very lazy and a bit fake, at times. At 112 Mimutes, To Rome with Love is a good 20 minutes longer than most Woody Allen films, and it shows. The movie was overlong and a bit boring at times. There weren't enough charming and funny scenes to compensate for it's running time. Some scenes should've definitely been cut. Woody Allen's latest effort is flawed, but definitely not a bad film, as most are saying.

7/10