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Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred (Elsa and Fred)

2014

Michael Radford

Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Marcia Gay Harden, Scott Bakula ...

5.6

619

Romance. Comedy "Elsa and Fred" is the story of two people who, at the end of the road, discover that it's never too late to love and make dreams come true. Elsa has lived for the past 60 years dreaming of a moment that Fellini had already envisaged: the scene in 'La Dolce Vita' at the Fontana di Trevi. The same scene without Anita Ekberg in it, but with Elsa instead. Without Marcello Mastroiani but with that love that took so long to arrive. Fred is a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A bland and formulaic tale."	NEG
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The movie's too-cute concept yields more rewards than you might reasonably expect."	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"The film is so lightweight, it almost doesn't exist. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Why must so many movies featuring retirees in romantic relationships make audiences cringe? (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Jon Frosch The Hollywood Reporter	"This misfire of a cornball romance is so tone-deaf, so utterly lacking in screwball snap and visual punch, that viewers will find it hard to care whether or not the aging lovebirds end up in each other's arms."	NEG

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