Nine

02/02/2010 - 20:01

Has anyone seen this movie?  If so, can they explain the point of it? Saw it tonight and glad I'd bought the cheap seats! Has it been shown in Italy?  If so, what's the Italian verdict?

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I've seen the ad on TV and was attracted by the cast including Sophia Loren and Penelope Cruz (I love actrice Cruz, I've seen her in other italian films such as "Non ti muovere" with Sergio Castellitto). After your review, I don't know if I should go and watch it..  I've heard that it was inspired by a musical in Brodway (which had been inspired by Fellini's "8 1/2"), maybe one should have watched those musicals to catch the sense of this one. Nine Official Trailer

 So on that basis, Valentina, you will have to go.   It was based on a Broadway musical.  It's suposed to reflect Fellini's masterpiece 81/2 - telling of his difficulties with creative block and various "woman issues"   I can't stand the "woman issues" - wife, mistress, mother, muse etc.  And although there's some slight suggestion that he's learnt his lesson by the end of the movie, and has grown up and learnt to treat women properly - frankly, so what!   And in the meanwhile it's an excuse for a lot of fantastic actresses to do a variety of "bump and grind" numbers in the name of art! (Although Judi Dench at the Folies Bergere was a bit of a turn-up for the books) I'd pardon all of this if the songs were good, but the lyrics are pathetic and the dance numbers sub/sub "Moulin Rouge".   On the up side - Daniel Day-Lewis is fabulous - and carries off the wounded Italian male with mother issues fantastically.  And since it's set in the early 60s, the cars are good too!

it shows 9 personalities; The Reformer, the achiever, the artist, the giver, the observer,the questioner, the leader, the adventurer, & best of all the peace maker- the peacemaker has all the traits of the others.