davidbellini

Yeah, sometimes it's necessary a film like that. "La leggenda di Al, John e Jack" is not a masterpiece at all, but a lot of italians has crowded cinemas to see it. That's important! Because italian cinema needs films that enriche its industry. Anyway, "La leggenda" starts bad, is very slow during the first part, because of too many gags of Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo. They're born in theatres, clubs and tv, and their comicness is already easy and circular. Too words to make the audience laugh. Probably they should share their movies writing with good scriptwriters as Age and Scarpelli, or Vincenzo Cerami (like Benigni do), or also the young Francesco Bruni ("Ovosodo"). But there's a good note about this movie: the plot is interesting. The structure is the same of a great film as "The usual suspects". So.. if you don't sleep after the first hour, you can enjoy a suprising end that, perhaps, is worth the ticket... Hooray for italian cinema! You should see "L'imbalsamatore" and "Respiro". We're able to write very good movies, and also comedies better than "La leggenda di Al, John e Jack"...

"Emma sono io" is the first movie by Francesco Falaschi, the director that won "David di Donatello" for a short film three years ago. The story is very simple and sometimes too soft, but the rhythm is good, the atmosphere is amazing and there are several gags for which you can do a good laugh.. The script has some defect, but anyway is sufficiently fluent. Well directed, "Emma sono io" is interesting to see, also because of a very good cast, above all Cecilia Dazzi and Piefrancesco Favino, great young italian actors..