Reality (2013)
Reality (2013)
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Critic Consensus: Part dark satire, part compelling drama, Reality occasionally struggles to communicate its message, but it's never less than entertaining.
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Cast
as Luciano
as Maria
as Michele
as Luciano's Mother
as Massimone
as Aunt Nunzia
as Aunt Rosaria
as Giusy
as Presenter
as Enzo
as Roman Client
as Barman
as Cobbler
as Vincenzo
as Martina
as Alessandra
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Critic Reviews for Reality
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It's clear that Garrone is lamenting the death of culture. But the movie is more compassionate than screed-y. It's a portrait of the preoccupation with fame in an age in which in fame is cheap.
The satire here is finespun, and the film's conclusions ambiguous.
A dark allegorical comedy about the nature of fame, about obsession, about madness - and the point where they converge: on Big Brother, a TV show watched by millions.
For all its ups and downs and occasional detours into boorishness, it's an original that will surprise if not necessarily delight fans of Garrone's very different crime drama, "Gomorrah."
Matteo Garrone follows his crime epic Gomorrah with a comedy about reality TV, and though it hardly rivals the earlier movie in its social complexity, it still offers the spectacle of a vibrant and vividly realized Neapolitan neighborhood.
As cautionary tales go, this one's ripely knowing, and it speaks in a lot more languages than Italian.
Audience Reviews for Reality
Garrone uses many elegant long takes and an evocative score to tell this fascinating, dream-like character study about a common fishmonger who gradually becomes obsessed with the idea of being famous - leading him to mix his yearnings with reality.
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A fishmonger from Naples loses his grip on reality as he waits to hear back from his audition for the Italian version of the "Big Brother" TV show. Slow but rich, with layers of satire and allegory and great long tracking shots of glorious Naples.
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