haventmadeupmymindyet Visually stunning. Luca Bigazzi's cinematography is outstanding not to mention Toni Servillo's performance. Paolo Sorrentino made Italians proud again!

leplatypus Ordinary, i really like Sabrina movies as unlike la Bellucci, she stays close to her roots and plays everyday women. But this time, her choice is different and i found this movie totally awful ! It's the same elitist and empty stinker you can find in some American movies (Allen), or french cinema (Ozon). It's about the lives of the wealthy privileged, who doesn't really work, who think socialite life is the best occupation of the world: in spite of their art shows, beautiful mansions, vacations, wardrobes, they are mindless, soulless, heartless to just achieve desire for money and sex ! Those people verify my belief that the upper you are, the less you got values ! Maybe the sets are beautiful because Italy is an old country with a famous heritage but 140 minutes among those ghouls are just excruciating for me, even with Sabrina, playing a meaningless stripper at 51 years old ! What a decadence !

851222 Greetings from Lithuania."La grande bellezza" (2013) is without a doubt the best movie Paolo Sorrentino has made yet. Not only this is his best film to date, this is a one great movie on every account. I was captivated by it from the first frame, which opens on a pretty long party sequence till the very last frame. Yet, this movie isn't for everyone. Those who like clear and plot based movie might find this gem to difficult and even boring. Nevertheless, this is one of the very best Italian movies i have ever seen. Every scene in this movie is done very skilfully and it's just interesting to watch and to listen to characters, especially to our hero Jep Gambardella (superbly played by Toni Servillo), a "party lion", who at 65 starts to have some thought about life and starts to find and see beauty in everything, even the most bizarre things. Overall, "La grande bellezza" (or "The Great Beauty") was a huge surprise to me. Saw it first time just now, i would like to recommend this near masterpiece to everyone who liked great movie simply about life - it's not about plot, it's about moments here and now, the people, culture, even nightlife of some Bohemia of Rome. Great movie.

zika-84755 I started to watch it without any high expectations but the film truly surprised me. Deep,sophisticated, intelligent, full of meaning, every frame on point. This film is a real piece of art, high-end product of cinema, an aesthetic pleasure. The mere watching and listening to the sheer beauty of the succession of images and conversations will bring an emotional dreamer like me to tears because of sweet, almost physical ache. The thing is that the plot doesn't matter that much, it is not the main focus. One just drowns in your own thoughts and emotions the film creates. I remained captured by it until the last minute and a long time after watching it. For those who find it boring - this is not your typical flick that will entertain you the way you are used to. It is not in any sense a crowd pleaser.