SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

murg-2 I try to keep up with world news, and as Italy's not that far away I did pick up on the fact that Berlusconi was trying to own the Italian media. What I didn't realize was how many people were useful idiots on the way, something that would have to be a necessity in order to impose these undemocratic rules in a democracy. This movie describes what to many of us seem impossible, that in a regular democracy it is fully possible to start stripping off what we regard as fundamental rights. How can it be that easy, to impose censorship? I think the movie shows this in a clearifying manner, and may open you eyes to the importance of a free and independent press.

pierlorenzodangelo What a terrifyingly truthful document. That's what we are and, probably, what we'll always be. Us Italians. What a shame that the protests, usually, take place at a bar but what it comes to, at the end,is just a shrugging of shoulders followed by a "What Can I Do About It?" We, Italians, allow this things to happen because we don't care enough about anything. We have the leaders that we deserve and this is true for the rest of the world as well but look at what we deserve! What a shame, what a shame, what a shame! "Viva Zapatero" released in theaters seemed a step in the right direction but how many people have actually seen it? The scenes with a massive crowd assisting to the show after the banning from RAI brought tears to my eyes and a glimmer of hope creeped up into my system, just a glimmer that has long gone and disappeared. What a shame, what a shame, what a shame!

echobase In the era of Michael Moore-like documentary-makers this film was long due! I've been living out of Italy for about 15 years now and my first reaction while watching this film was a certain guilt and shame to be part of a country where the term "freedom of speech" was so loose! Yet, the ending of the film could not have been more optimistic: Seeing all those (mainly young) people at the end of the film standing in line to watch Guzzanti's second part of her satirical show made me realise that the future for Italy is not as dark as you might think and after all. I really should be proud of being part of a Country where actually just a few people at the top are corrupted but most of the others have a real will to change things, and hopefully things will change soon! But, I'm digressing, back to the film! Stilistically the film is a bit all over the place (spilt screens happen completely arbitrarily, jump cuts, bad rostrum shots of newspapers and so on), the whole thing seems to be cut on Final Cut Pro or some cheap editing system by somebody who wants to try to new FX here and there for no apparent reason, but luckily all this doesn't matter, since the subject itself and the argument for the film are so strong that you hardly notice anything else but the real content. And that's the way it should be. The film sadly is very Italian and assumes everybody knows most of the people who are being interviewed. And it's a shame because it would not have needed a lot more to make it a little bit more appealing to the rest of the world. Surely it could have done with some more background information and some more archive clips from some of the other comedian who have been censured just to get an idea of what kind of stuff they stand for (I.e. Grillo, Paolo Rossi etc) . I'm sure a lot of foreigners will get lost in the hundreds of names that are mentioned. But sorry, I'm just picking needles: I guess I just want this film to be seen by as many people as possible, because I know that this is the only way to make a change! But as long as Italians watch it I'll be happy! Well done Guzzanti, but please don't stop now!!

sevs17 This film wants to be a view of the Italian political scene. While everybody knows the feelings of Miss Guzzanti which should be fully respected, one wonders why she claims that in Italy there is a type of dictatorship if she was allowed to make such a movie.I watched the movie by mistake and because I have a hobby in politics found it interesting, but if you are not "anti-Berlusconian" like Guzzanti, this is a waste of time and money. It shows Italy in a complete bias way and seems that there is no freedom of speech. It shows that Berlusconi is always bad and that the left is always good.I don't suggest the movie to anyone interested in Italian culture.