It's clear that Garrone is lamenting the death of culture. But the movie is more compassionate than screed-y. It's a portrait of the preoccupation with fame in an age in which in fame is cheap.

| Jan 3, 2014

Those who found Gomorrah embarrassingly overrated can relax. Despite a first half that's basically a spin-off of the 2008 movie that brought Matteo Garrone international acclaim, Reality turns out to be its veritable refutation.

| Nov 5, 2013

The satire here is finespun, and the film's conclusions ambiguous.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 5, 2013

A dark allegorical comedy about the nature of fame, about obsession, about madness - and the point where they converge: on Big Brother, a 온라인카지노추천 show watched by millions.

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

For all its ups and downs and occasional detours into boorishness, it's an original that will surprise if not necessarily delight fans of Garrone's very different crime drama, "Gomorrah."

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 4, 2013

Matteo Garrone follows his crime epic Gomorrah with a comedy about reality 온라인카지노추천, and though it hardly rivals the earlier movie in its social complexity, it still offers the spectacle of a vibrant and vividly realized Neapolitan neighborhood.

| Mar 28, 2013

As cautionary tales go, this one's ripely knowing, and it speaks in a lot more languages than Italian.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 28, 2013

Garrone has a feeling for sweep and color, and he makes Luciano a pathetic victim of the unrealities with which 온라인카지노추천 can beset us.

| Mar 27, 2013

It's a step down from his previous work as it's less ambitious and doesn't quite come together but it features enough interesting ideas about our fame-obsessed culture to see why it connected with the French fest jury.

| Original Score: 3.0/5.0 | Mar 27, 2013

The opening shot guides us into the absurd merriment of a wedding party, while the ending is lit with a mystifying sense of wonder.

| Mar 25, 2013

Garrone doesn't make the mistake of turning his protagonist, Luciano (Aniello Arena), into a bland Everyman. He never loses his singularity.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 22, 2013

The film falls on its own sword by creating a dish that is more than a little overcooked, though even a cursory glance at Italian television might suggest that it is virtually impossible to exaggerate anything.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 22, 2013

[An] astute, dreamlike gut-punch ...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 21, 2013

The story lollops along, as old-fashioned as Neo-realism, as "targeted" in its satire as a mutt questing for a lost bone.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2013

It wants celebrity culture to be understood as the new religion: a worshipping of false idols.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2013

As a satire on the seduction by media and our infatuation with celebrity, it's hardly The Truman Show, but Garrone's Gomorrah follow-up is wry and witty. Plenty of fun.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 17, 2013

[Arena's] feverish urgency matches his character's, right up through the movie's dreamlike final scene ...

Full Review | Mar 15, 2013

The bright palette of "Reality" is an obvious way to underline the hero's unraveling, but it looks good, and it works.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 15, 2013

Mr. Garrone offers a glimpse not only of one man, but also of the soul of a people.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 14, 2013

This is a movie that will reward multiple viewings, from a filmmaker of tremendous technical ability, humor and heart.

| Mar 14, 2013