Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Master_Oatmeal I did not like this movie. The characters were very one dimensional people, with the exception of Caterina. The mother was an idiot, the father was obnoxious with the exception of loving his daughter, the Australian boy that's revealed too late in the film just stands there like Edward the vampire and kisses Caterina at the end. The "friends" Caterina gets in the movie are either bratty or just plain evil and had no personality other than being mean. If not to Caterina than to their mother as in the case of her first friend. There's really little to say that's good about this film, I suppose it has good cinematography and there's a good moment of shock when they do the Fascist salute at the wedding. Oh and the chauffeur hits one of the girls so he became my favorite character in that instant.

MJ I have seen this movie today in Italian language. This is not a very famous film, but in my humble opinion it is better that other films with the same kind of argument, such as Thirteen. It has a nice touch of humor and it provides a sight of different perspectives of the society. There is a contrast of personalities, two different ways of living, indeed three, the third one is the one that can't find their place even if they try to fit on the main currents. Some people will find themselves identified with one of the main currents and other will find themselves in the middle of the path. I have enjoyed it a lot. So, if you liked Thirteen you'll love this one for sure! Regards.

Joe Stemme Made around the same time as the American film THIRTEEN, CATERINA IN THE CITY (the U.S. release title unnecessarily adds "BIG" - as if we don't know how large Rome is!), shows us a young girl moving from the suburbs to Rome proper. As fine a film as THIRTEEN was in many respects, CATERINA is even more ambitious as it adds politics and class to the stew of a young girl's coming of age (though CATERINA falls short of THIRTEEN in the sexuality department). CATERINA is perhaps too ambitious for its own good. Though the film balances the various story lines and themes fairly well, you can't help but feel that it would have been stronger as drama if it were more focused. Still, CATERINA gives us a glimpse of the social turbulence that is going on in modern day Italy (can one even imagine such a toxic stew in an American "Teen Film"? Can you picture Hillary Duff going to a Communist rally and NOT have it be done as a joke or a farce!?).And, what would normally be the "big dramatic climax" in the story towards the end, is treated as just another bump on the road in Caterina's life. In fact, Caterina just shrugs and hopes that the person is doing fine where they are. No big tantrums or ruined lives. How refreshing.

canulendmeafewbux One of the best movie I've seen recently. An exciting coming of age, an exhilarating comedy, a deep and painful portrait of our society at the present moment."Caterina Va in Città" has outrageously funny scenes — starting with Giancarlo's biting farewell to his despised small-town students. But it's a very dark sense of humor. The film is really about personalities, especially his. Imagine a standard coming-of- age movie about a smart, unusual kid learning that it's okay to be an individual, different from the rest. Giancarlo is that kid, only he's 40-something and he hasn't had that final scene where everything turns out okay. Angry that others have gotten all the breaks in life, he righteously criticizes the establishment, big money, the old boys' network, and yet envies them at the same time. Back in Rome, he has a chance to mingle with exactly the class of people he inwardly resents, and every chance he gets to make a mark among them turns to embarrassment.Played with great flair by Sergio Castellitto (the insouciant chef from "Mostly Martha"), Giancarlo is an enormously sympathetic but uncomfortable character, and his contradictions have a ripple effect on everyone in his orbit. His wife Agata (Margherita Buy) lives in a shell rather than get in the way of her grandiose husband. Caterina (Alice Teghil) is thrust uneasily into a social scene she's thoroughly unprepared for, made even more out of place by her dad's instructions. She doesn't seem to have inherited his low self-esteem, but this new life flies way over her head most of the time. It's a complex portrait of a family's struggle, set amid the tumult of big-city society and class consciousness. "Caterina" is a very rewarding movie.