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, Penélope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierluigi Marchionne	...	Traffic Policeman
Flavio Parenti	...	Michelangelo
Alison Pill	...	Hayley
Alessandro Tiberi	...	Antonio
Alessandra Mastronardi	...	Milly
Alec Baldwin	...	John
Carol Alt	...	Carol
David Pasquesi	...	Tim
Lynn Swanson	...	Ellen
Roberto Benigni	...	Leopoldo
Monica Nappo	...	Sofia
Fabio Armiliato	...	Giancarlo
Corrado Fortuna	...	Rocco
Margherita Vicario	...	Claudia
Rosa Di Brigida	...	Mariangela

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:

written and directed by cast member | leftist radical | multiple storyline | italy | legs crossed | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

As of May 2018, this is the last live appearance of Woody Allen in a movie directed by him (in Café Society (2016) he takes part only as a narrator behind the camera).

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Goofs

Antonio and Milly are supposedly from Pordenone, Nothern Italy, but they speak with a thick Roman accent.

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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 American Masters: Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)

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Soundtracks

Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Drinking Song)
from "La Traviata"
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Angelo DiPippo, David Finck & Jay Berliner
Courtesy of Angelo DiPippo

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA Italy Spain

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

20 April 2012 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Rome mon amour

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

EUR17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$361,359, 24 June 2012

Gross USA:

$16,685,867

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$73,244,881

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