one can only assume that it was the accumulation of Berlusconi's own indiscretions that cost him the 2006 elections rather than the muted blows of this aimlessly incoherent and over-clever satire.
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06/13/07
The Caiman (2006)
39 %
Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 7 Rotten:11 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Theatrical Release: 00-00-0000
Synopsis: Bankrupt in his professional and personal life, Z-grade movie producer Bruno Bonomo – responsible in the past for such evocatively-titled offerings as MOCASSIN ASSASSINS and MACISTE VERSUS FREUD – is finding it impossible to raise the finance for his latest project, THE RETURN OF... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido, Guiliano Montaldo
Director: Nanni Moretti
Reviews
Top Critic
Telling moments occur here and there, but there is a slack randomness to the movie, the attack on Berlusconi is unfocused and Bruno is too weak to sustain the film.
04/14/07
Some moments amuse but one’s left wishing that Moretti had ditched his film-within-a-film framework and made either a documentary or a domestic drama.
04/07/07
Top Critic
Muddled and messy anti-Berlusconi satire now looks even more exasperating than when I first saw it.
04/07/07
Top Critic
The political satire in this bitty drama can be lost on those residing outside of Italy.
04/06/07
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Patchy but enjoyable mish-mash of political satire, relationship drama and film-making comedy, though it does require a certain understanding of Italian politics.
10/27/06
... the film-within-the film wraps, but the willful manipulation of honest citizens continues unabated.
06/27/07
[Director Moretti] wraps his political agenda with an affecting story about a fading filmmaker whose dreams and beliefs aren't weathering the storms of middle age. If the politics don't get you, the life empathy will.
06/15/07
An unfocused mess of a movie that fairly throws its hands in the air in the final act, rather than chug along to a conclusion.
06/15/07
A fascinating film about moviemaking and government corruption, but it requires a fairly thorough understanding of Italian politics.
04/04/07
Revela-se três filmes em um; e o problema é que, embora funcione bem ao lidar com as atribulações de seu protagonista, acaba falhando no campo que talvez seja mais importante para seu realizador: o político.
11/24/06
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11/24/06
The Caiman is a curious film. While there are flashes of brilliance and stimulating ideas, it is plagued by an underbelly of confusion
11/18/06
A familiarity with the vagaries of Italian politics in the last 20 years is a help, but not a necessity, to appreciate this fascinating at times farcical blend of domestic drama and political rumination.
09/23/06
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06/24/06
Perhaps the fictive demise of Berlusconi is enough for the Italian masses, but others might want something more for their ticket- or rental fee, such as a properly structured and thematically coherent story.
06/04/06
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