POST SCRIPTUMA Cannes è stato appena presentato il nuovo film di quel genio di Sorrentino. Un altro cow-boy invecchiato ma seducente e di Latina (Bentivoglio) e critiche che sono già ottime
Handsomely filmed, in a rich style that enhances both the comedy and the pathos, A Friend of the Family is the best film in the current Cannes session," declares Time's Richard Corliss. "To me, [Paolo] Sorrentino is the young hope of Italian cinema. He doesn't turn 36 until next Wednesday, and I couldn't imagine a happier or better deserved birthday present than a Palme d'Or."
Fabien Lemercier at Cineuropa: "A post-modern, rock & roll homage to Fellini, the 35-year-old Neapolitan director’s new masterpiece is a real gem of his tragicomic style that has mesmerised audiences."
But the Hollywood Reporter's Ray Bennett calls it "a murky and morally dubious film... A misogynistic male fantasy that presents a bleak view of life in Italy, the movie argues that ugliness is beautiful, beauty is ugly and greed consumes everyone."