Sunday, January 08, 2006
REVIEW: CASANOVA
I was surprised by just how good Casanova turned out to be. Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain) plays the title role of lover Casanova, and the film tells the story of how he falls in love with a young woman named Francesca Bruni (an almost unrecognizable Sienna Miller). Francesca is already promised to another man, Papprizio (the hilarious Oliver Platt), and we go through the first of many mistaken identities as Casanova pretends to be Papprizio while he schools Papprizio in the ways to woo a woman. The performances by all are great, and Ledger delivers the second of two knockout performaces for the year 2005 (the first, of course, being in Brokeback Mountain). Another great directorial job by Lasse Hallstrom (Chocolat).Official Website: http://casanova.movies.go.com/main.html
Grade: 4 out of 5 Stars
