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To Rome With Love sees Woody Allen cobbling together an Italian postcard of farce, fantasy, and comedy with only middling success.
All Critics (174) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (79) | Rotten (95) | DVD (2)
There is some fun to be had with all the discomfiture and unease; but some of the jokes and situations simply don't work. Sep 13, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
There is some fun to be had with all the discomfiture and unease; but some of the jokes and situations simply don't work.
Peter Bradshaw
Allen's creative revival comes to a juddering halt with a foursome of would-be amusing vignettes that barely muster a laugh between them. Sep 11, 2012 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Allen's creative revival comes to a juddering halt with a foursome of would-be amusing vignettes that barely muster a laugh between them.
Trevor Johnston
Once upon a time, calling a movie "lesser Woody Allen" might be considered a slap in the face. Now, it's more-or-less expected. Jul 7, 2012 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Once upon a time, calling a movie "lesser Woody Allen" might be considered a slap in the face. Now, it's more-or-less expected.
James Berardinelli
Allen's story moves along quite wonderfully, primarily because of his nuanced casting. Jul 6, 2012 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Allen's story moves along quite wonderfully, primarily because of his nuanced casting.
Ricardo Baca
Most of the characters are archetypes, yet Allen treats them with genuine affection and avoids the bitterness that's marred much of his recent work. Jul 6, 2012 | Full Review…
Most of the characters are archetypes, yet Allen treats them with genuine affection and avoids the bitterness that's marred much of his recent work.
Ben Sachs
It's minor Woody, but it's still Woody. Jul 6, 2012 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
It's minor Woody, but it's still Woody.
Tom Long
Lacks backbone. It also lacks a scrupulous editor and a decent script. Jan 7, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Lacks backbone. It also lacks a scrupulous editor and a decent script.
Jo-Anne Titmarsh
It's a solid comedy that, in its one-liner-heavy dialogue, reminds us of classic Woody Allen. Dec 28, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
It's a solid comedy that, in its one-liner-heavy dialogue, reminds us of classic Woody Allen.
Kelly Jane Torrance
Judy Davis is an absolute treasure to watch and the film is funny but unpolished. Nov 1, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Judy Davis is an absolute treasure to watch and the film is funny but unpolished.
Debbie Baldwin
Consumers should be advised that To Rome with Love requires that the moviegoer survive at least four Woody Allens. Aug 30, 2018 | Full Review…
Consumers should be advised that To Rome with Love requires that the moviegoer survive at least four Woody Allens.
Pat Padua
Even Allen's most loyal of fans must be starting to wonder why the once great director keeps on producing such dull material. Aug 23, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Even Allen's most loyal of fans must be starting to wonder why the once great director keeps on producing such dull material.
Joseph Walsh
Woody Allen's new film is relaxed, easy-to-digest, light entertainment-middle-brow fluff done right. Jan 9, 2018 | Full Review…
Woody Allen's new film is relaxed, easy-to-digest, light entertainment-middle-brow fluff done right.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
A minor Woody Allen that is basically a collection of sitcom jokes stretched to the point of repetitious. Besides, even with some good moments, the film disappoints for never using Rome as an organic setting, since these stories could take place anywhere.
Super Reviewer
I was really excited that Ellen Page was going to play Monica, the newest installation of Woody's neurotic/erotic female fantasy, because while she had made her career playing quirky/damaged girls, there's an irresistible quality in her that I find sexy and sensual. Instead, either Woody directed her or she acted as her usual loquacious faux-savant. Styling could have helped. Page needn't have glammed up or channeled Penelope Cruz, but it seems like every aspect of Monica's personality (whether sexy or banal) is spoken of and determined by others, not actually shown on the screen by Page's performance or costuming. Her friend, Sally, keeps saying she's so attractive, but Alec Baldwin's old-man-guide character keeps criticizing her pretentious art and literary references that I wonder why Jack even falls for her. If characters undercut other characters, there isn't much for the audience to fall for. Woody often has such a way with his actresses - whether lighting them or just getting them to smile more. I never thought much of Alison Pill, but she is radiant in a girl-next-door part just because she smiles and wears white and has more outdoor scenes in natural light. The rest of the movie is Woody's typical, below average, antic-ridden ensemble comedy.
Scattered and occasionally nonsensical but there are enough pleasant bits to balance out the things that don't work to make it an overall enjoyable film
I think it tries to be clever but it just doesn't really pull it off.
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