
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show.... (Full plot summary below)
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Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show.
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| New York TimesVincent CanbyWhen, as happens on several occasions, Amelia and Pippo become an integral part of the impressionistic film that surrounds them, instead of just being witnesses to it, Ginger and Fred ranks with the best work Mr. Fellini has ever done. |
| Sight and SoundGilbert AdairThe scenes in and around the television studio, as the two forlorn old troupers come to terms with the punkish fauna of the 1980s, are -- for this director -- strangely verveless and unfocused. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonMarks the first pairing of Fellini veterans Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina and, from their instant chemistry, you'd think they'd been together for years. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatBoasts an affecting performance by Giulietta Masina as one member of a dance team. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe film isn't a particularly pleasurable experience (the satire of television is broad and wayward, and the attempts to wring pathos from Ginger and Fred's geriatric infirmities fall far short of the mark), but it does have a cranky, old-man's integrity. |
| User ReviewRebecca SYou're going to crey... don't forget, Fellini is a man, and he's Catholic. |
| User ReviewTonyi could make a very sort list called ....films make me left tears... this is one of them |
| User ReviewFred OThis movie is the television approach to 8 1/2, more satirical, more critical and more nostalgic. It was really heart-warming to see two legends of Italian cinema, gracing TV and basically abandoning it, for it was a failure all the while, never able to match cinema. |
| User ReviewKyoko Kgreat masina mastroianni and fellini what else do you want? the real and beautifull testament of federico fellini a film full of nostalgia |
| User ReviewJason SQuizas con el tiempo se ha convertido en mi pelicula favorita de Fellini, una pelicula subvalorada porque aun hoy en dia parece adelantada a su tiempo, se adelanto por 2 decadas al fenomeno de la "reality tv" y el materialismo del siglo 21, es ademas un sentido tributo a la nostalgia, aqui Fellini junta a sus 2 mas grandes estrellas, Mastroianni esta excelente como el viejo casanova Fred, pero como en muchas otras ocasiones anteriores, es Giulietta Masina que nos roba el corazon |