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Servillo charms in his dual turn, then takes it up a notch when one brother shows off his childhood knack for impersonating his look-alike. Jan 12, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Servillo charms in his dual turn, then takes it up a notch when one brother shows off his childhood knack for impersonating his look-alike.
Bill Stamets
An ingenious blend of high drama and surprising whimsy. Jan 1, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
An ingenious blend of high drama and surprising whimsy.
Tom Keogh
This here is a slightly sweet, slightly sour tale of brotherly love. Emphasis on 'slight.' Dec 31, 2014 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
This here is a slightly sweet, slightly sour tale of brotherly love. Emphasis on 'slight.'
Matthew Lickona
[A] stuck-in-neutral feature, which combines a vague commentary on Italian politics with a vague portrayal of middle-aged awakening. Nov 26, 2014 | Full Review…
[A] stuck-in-neutral feature, which combines a vague commentary on Italian politics with a vague portrayal of middle-aged awakening.
Sheri Linden
Wobbles between being wispily suggestive of finer existential meaning and generational commentary, and being basically a handsomely dressed-up "Dave" for post-Berlusconi Italy. Nov 6, 2014 | Full Review…
Wobbles between being wispily suggestive of finer existential meaning and generational commentary, and being basically a handsomely dressed-up "Dave" for post-Berlusconi Italy.
Nicolas Rapold
Politicians-replaced-by-doppelgängers has long been a favorite comedy movie device - yet never has it been employed for more torturous faux-funny business than in Viva la Libertà. Nov 4, 2014 | Full Review…
Politicians-replaced-by-doppelgängers has long been a favorite comedy movie device - yet never has it been employed for more torturous faux-funny business than in Viva la Libertà.
Nick Schager
Viva la Libertà offers a tame political fantasia where more lacerating laughs are needed. Nov 12, 2015 | Full Review…
Viva la Libertà offers a tame political fantasia where more lacerating laughs are needed.
Brian Miller
In all, this film fares so-so. Sometimes, it's a mildly amusing diversion; sometimes, it's cold spaghetti. Jan 9, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
In all, this film fares so-so. Sometimes, it's a mildly amusing diversion; sometimes, it's cold spaghetti.
Anita Katz
This set-up could be played as farce or satire or some pleasing combination of the two, but writer-director Roberto Ando, adapting his novel for the screen, chooses a formal, arm's length approach. Dec 12, 2014 | Rating: C | Full Review…
This set-up could be played as farce or satire or some pleasing combination of the two, but writer-director Roberto Ando, adapting his novel for the screen, chooses a formal, arm's length approach.
Jeff Baker
For a story that is rooted in the here and now, it breaks free of the insular, becoming a light-footed fellow traveler with Ivan Reitman's optimistic Dave (1993), without a heavy or the shtick. Nov 8, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
For a story that is rooted in the here and now, it breaks free of the insular, becoming a light-footed fellow traveler with Ivan Reitman's optimistic Dave (1993), without a heavy or the shtick.
Kent Turner
A smart, refreshingly whimsical and witty political satire that boasts winning performances by Toni Servillo in dual roles. It might as well be called Politics Italian-Style. Nov 8, 2014 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
A smart, refreshingly whimsical and witty political satire that boasts winning performances by Toni Servillo in dual roles. It might as well be called Politics Italian-Style.
Avi Offer
Haunting, surprising in its humor and beautifully served by the twin performances of Servillo. Nov 7, 2014 | Full Review…
Haunting, surprising in its humor and beautifully served by the twin performances of Servillo.
Marshall Fine
In "Viva la Liberta," Enrico(Toni Servillo) is in a bit of a rut lately. Not only are his poll numbers as leader of the left in Italy way down but to add insult to injury he also gets heckled at his own party congress. Desperately needing a timeout, he leaves without telling anyone and holes up with his old friend Danielle(Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and her family in Paris. Andrea(Valerio Mastandrea), one of Enrico's aides, looks to Enrico's brother Giovanni(Toni Servillo), an intellectual who has just gotten out of a mental hospital, for clues on his brother's whereabouts. But what he gets instead is a headache when Giovanni talks to a journalist thinking he is Enrico which at the same time gives Andrea an idea. If "Viva la Liberta" had just stopped with Toni Servillo's tremendous dual performance and its plot about doppelgangers in politics, I would gladly understand the complaints about this movie's lack of originality. But luckily it does not stop there, as the movie is also interested in carefully exploring mental illness and the world of make believe, not only in the deception at the heart of the movie, but also the world of movies, as Enrico takes the time for once to consider an alternate path for him and his brother, along with maybe one for the left in Italy.
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