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Casanova (2005)

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44

Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 131
Fresh: 57 | Rotten: 74

This frothy, oddly bloodless film does a disservice to the colorful life of the real Casanova.

45

Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 22

This frothy, oddly bloodless film does a disservice to the colorful life of the real Casanova.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 183,635

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History's most renowned ladies' man finally meets his match in this historical romance laced with comedy and adventure. In Venice in 1753, Giacomo Casanova (Heath Ledger) is a notorious playboy whose way with women goes too far when he's caught leaving the bedroom of a novice nun, and one of the leading prosecutors of the Inquisition, Pucci (Jeremy Irons), puts him on trial. The Doge (Tim McInnerny), Venice's political point man, is a friend of Casanova's and pulls strings to get him off the

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Drama, Romance, Comedy

Jeffrey Hatcher, Kimberly Simi

Apr 25, 2006

$11.2M

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Overall, Casanova is silly but amusing.

January 18, 2006
New York Observer
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The whimsical plot, involving Casanova's seduction of a cross-dressing feminist, isn't helped by director Lasse Hallstrom's leaden hand.

January 6, 2006
Rolling Stone
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The sticky sweet stuff in the middle traps history's greatest lover and slows the whole affair to a crawl.

January 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | Comment (1)
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The irony of [Sienna] Miller co-starring in a film about the world's most notorious lothario aside, there's not much to love about Casanova.

January 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Miami Herald
Miami Herald
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Despite its oh-so deviant title character, Casanova is a harmless bon-bon, a breezy period farce that mimics lesser Shakespeare and a look that recalls Amadeus or Shakespeare in Love.

January 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle
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A ribald, witty costume comedy filled with delightful performances and wily plot turns, this is the sort of film that makes you wonder why more films like this aren't made.

January 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Detroit News
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A fun, lighthearted, energetic (if insignificant) romp that features fine work from Ledger, Platt and Irons. I was grinning for most of the running time.

April 28, 2013 Full Review Source: Film Geek Central
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Gets funny once it enters farce mode. Nothing special by the cast, including Ledger.

October 8, 2009 Full Review Source: CNNRadio
CNNRadio

Legendary lover cleans up for happily committed coupledom.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

The script is solid, the actors clearly have fun with it, and the location Venice photography makes you want to phone your travel agent.

July 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

One of those smart pictures that transcends genres, a costume romance inspired by Restoration comedy, French farce and vaudevillian slapstick.

February 22, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
Film Journal International

There's no edge in Ledger's performance, only a lot of cutesy moments.

December 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Casanova is just a farce, true, but there's a smugness to the proceedings that leaves a bad aftertaste.

September 11, 2006
Christianity Today

While not quite as irresistibly seductive as its title character, Casanova is the perfect cinematic one-night stand: charming, romantic and awfully easy on the eyes.

August 31, 2006 Full Review Source: Hollywood.com
Hollywood.com

even I - a product of the American public school system - am able to recognize that much of this film is complete bollix

May 10, 2006 Full Review Source: 7M Pictures
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Audience Reviews for Casanova

Heath Ledger, Omid Djalili, Senna Miller, Charlie Cox, Lena Olin, Jeremy Irons, Natalie Dormer, Oliver Platt, Lauren Cohan

DIRECTED BY: Lasse Hallstrom

Heath Ledger plays the fabled romantic as a man who, after failing to win the affection of a particular Venetian woman, strives to discover the real meaning of love.

It was a good little movie I caught on T.V, today. Entertaining with a great cast. Had great costumes and a great scenery of Venice. What I thought would be a bit more of a serious movie ended up being a very humorous one. Enjoyed it.
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I took this journey mainly because of Heath Ledger. The fact that Jeremy Irons, Lena Olin & Oliver Platt were envolved also helped.

But what I assumed would be a sort of lush period piece with a dash of period specific humor (a la' 'A Room With A View") ended up feeling more like a "slap-sticky" comedy of errors.

Beautiful costumes, sets and location shots. Had I not been expecting a more realistic "period piece" type film, the cheesy over the top acting probably wouldn't have bothered me as much.

In any case while the story is predictable, this was ammusing and a (mostly) enjoyable romp. It did make me a bit melancholy for the great things that I believe would have come from Mr. Ledger had he stayed with us longer.
September 9, 2008
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