Made with the cooperation of The Leading Hotels of the World, which reduces this movie to an elaborate and elongated advertisement for luxury hotels.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 7, 2021

This rather reserved exercise feels far too buttoned up to make any lasting impression, genuine as everyone involved seems to be.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2019

But there's originality here, plus several fine performances (especially Buy). And the places she visits are to die for. An armchair traveler could do a lot worse.

| Jun 30, 2017

Maria Sole Tognazzi manages to keep her story true without falling into the romantic comedy territory. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 11, 2016

A movie that explores masterfully things like being single or if life away from family can actually work. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 11, 2016

For this beautiful film, Maria Sole Tognazzi chooses subtlety and suggests more than shows. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 11, 2016

Light but with a real heart...See this film, if only to live vicariously through her job.

| Nov 7, 2014

Essentially a character study that lacks much character itself...elegant but ultimately slight.

| Original Score: C | Sep 11, 2014

A collection of carefully rendered details does not a movie make.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 10, 2014

Tognazzi's slow-to-warm A Five Star Life is plush with swank, following a high-minded "mystery guest" around the world, a wandering critic of luxury hotels and resorts on what appears to be a well-furnished yet aimless voyage through life,

| Sep 4, 2014

Flatly told and highly familiar.

| Sep 4, 2014

Manville delivers a fascinating, feminist monologue on sexuality and self-empowerment that transforms the film from a pretty but superficial look at the lifestyles of the rich and fatuous to something much more thought-provoking.

| Original Score: B | Sep 4, 2014

Maria Sole Tognazzi has directed a short, piquant movie about the difference between loneliness and being alone.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 29, 2014

So slow-moving, the narrative takes forever to gain momentum, and when it finally does, it deliberately undercuts it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 28, 2014

Well-acted and shot, the picture isn't likely to knock anyone's socks off, but on a scale of measured, intimate storytelling, it manages to articulate a sense of regret critical to the overall effort.

| Original Score: B | Aug 22, 2014

Its refreshing conclusion is more suited to ambiguous European sensibilities than the all-American desire for happy endings or at least concrete resolutions ...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 21, 2014

There is a warm naturalness to the dialogue, and Buy is wonderfully evocative.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 21, 2014

It's not for everyone. Don't let that dissuade you.

Full Review | Aug 20, 2014

A frothy romantic comedy tinged with melancholy and yearning.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 15, 2014

One of those rambling European films with little plot but lots of atmosphere ...

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 8, 2014