When a film comes along that cheerfully skewers the powers that be, they claim to be bored and find it a waste of their time.

| Feb 14, 2021

Casanova is a silly film. Half Carry On, half Shakespearean comedy, everyone in it is perfectly nice and should reassemble to make a great Twelfth Night.

| Feb 12, 2020

A fun, lighthearted, energetic (if insignificant) romp that features fine work from Ledger, Platt and Irons. I was grinning for most of the running time.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 28, 2013

Gets funny once it enters farce mode. Nothing special by the cast, including Ledger.

| Original Score: C- | Oct 8, 2009

One of those smart pictures that transcends genres, a costume romance inspired by Restoration comedy, French farce and vaudevillian slapstick.

| Feb 22, 2007

There's no edge in Ledger's performance, only a lot of cutesy moments.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 31, 2006

Light, fluffy, and as inconsequential as it is entertaining.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 21, 2006

Casanova is just a farce, true, but there's a smugness to the proceedings that leaves a bad aftertaste.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 11, 2006

While not quite as irresistibly seductive as its title character, Casanova is the perfect cinematic one-night stand: charming, romantic and awfully easy on the eyes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 31, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 3, 2006

even I - a product of the American public school system - am able to recognize that much of this film is complete bollix

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 10, 2006

A horndog who deserves a swift kick where the Venetian sun don't shine.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 4, 2006

Call it an arthouse guilty pleasure if you like, but Casanova is a visually stunning, slyly amusing, and sweetly enjoyable little period-piece of a comedy.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 24, 2006

Tom Jones or Shakespeare in Love it's not; pleasing fizz it is.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 16, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

| Original Score: 5/10 | Feb 22, 2006

Surprisingly for a movie about a legendary womaniser there's hardly any sex in it, let alone any nudity. This is a criminal oversight from which the film never really recovers.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 16, 2006

The combination of love, lust, music and Venice are the compelling ingredients of Casanova, a swashbuckling tale about matters of the heart and the masks we wear.

| Feb 12, 2006

Even if Heath Ledger were the only thing worth seeing in this movie, the movie would be well worth seeing. Happily, there are many other things to recommend the picture.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 7, 2006

Those who grew up with Three's Company reruns will recognize the story

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 5, 2006