Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

speedcarhunter This film has simple characters with many illogical reaction and motivation. The central plot was not bad but not extraordinary at all. Besides, there are many unnecessary camera motions, furthermore, the most of the flashbacks do not do anything with the story. It has a minor importance but has to be noticed, that the film does not have any idea about the Italian culture (pinata, Mr. Paul, etc.) - even though the director of the film is Italian! Overall, the 2-hour running time is too long by far.

woodcoinmagazine An aging rockstar convalesces at a private home on a Greek Island with her sober lover... until the party arrives in the form of her ex-lover and his spoiled daughter. Lushness of behavior and scenery might be another cliché if not for the singer being almost mute; wonky hipster Swinton does a fine job despite having little to say, and fanatical carefree Fiennes gives a weighty performance that strikes a balance. Meanwhile, party guests come and go, most everyone gets naked in the sun, and a fridge full of wine and fresh seafood fuels "neuvo-riche" chatter as the Rolling Stones get a listen on vinyl. Yet despite its artful and intimate approach, this film sells its soul as it slow-dances toward an unlikely plot point that was maybe added at the last minute to appease conventional audiences. All about sex, drugs & rock'n'roll, this exotic vacation is worth taking only if you can forgive its lazy and proletarian denouement.

clewis2666 Complete load of rubbish, masquerading as an art(y) film. Four characters, only one of whom is remotely sane, three of whom are both uninteresting and unpleasant. Tilda Swinton is her usual pretentious self, only voiceless. Mathias Schonaerts is handsome and quiet (thank goodness). Ralph Fiennes doing manic is the most irritating and pointless character I can remember on screen. No-one half civilised would stand him for as much as minute. The nymphet does what you expect nymphets to do. I despair of professional critics who go weak at the knees if they can describe a film as arty. Thank goodness for so many sensible ordinary viewers who tell it like it is.

Fiona Brone Nearly past it rock chick faces past lover, present lover and the most unrock chick floppy clothes on boring holiday with wet ending.Cliché piled upon cliché. Annoying self- awareness in every shot. Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton are unbearably earnest in keeping the integrity of their characters, and you just know Swinton suggested she play with a voice problem. Probably to "uphold the connection to Marianne's singing career, the heart of loss..." Of course.Thank the Viking gods for Matthias Schoenaerts,as Paul the disconnected lover, whose beautiful face and body know how to act without effort.Casting adds even more pain - ethnic maid, bumbling Italian carabinieri, pitiful refugees. Even the crumbling town and high-perched house seem cast by numbers.My wish-list kept calling for what this film could have been - a truly moody and sexy film. Acting that's not acting. Sex scenes that are more than awkward knee-tremblers as bony Ralph Fiennes shucks his pants. Controlled and deep emotional power from the screen. Please? Anyone? No...? Sigh.