Sunday 18 November 2012

To Rome with love (2012)





Director: Woody Allen

Woody Allen has shown his love to Europe cities many times before and in a very good manner ( like Midnight in Paris) but this one is kinda messy. Until the last minute of the film I could not figure out what was the key idea that connected all the stories.

In short, there is a young American girl who falls in love with Italian and wants to marry him but not before her parents come to evaluate her fiancé and his parents. Than there is also newlyweds who have come to Rome for a honeymoon but eventually do not have time to spend with each other. Another story is about a simple office worker who has become a national star in one day and everyone wants to know what he is doing now and then. And the last but not least is the part which belongs to a young boy whose girlfriend's friends comes to visit them to overcome her heartbreak.

Everything seems fine and even funny many times during the film, actors are good, even excellent but the lack of connection between different stories and Alec Baldwin's mystical role are two things that hold me back from giving 5 stars to this film. 

I really suggest seeing this film for those who love traveling (all the beautiful places of Rome are shown again and again) and for those who love romance, funny and ambiguous situations and of course Woody's talent of making fun of himself and laughing about serious things.