Has its moments but mostly uneven, with atrocious performances.
Nine stories from Giovanni Boccaccio's novel of the same name. Directed and written by Pier Paulo Pasolini.
Some of the stories are interesting, even amusing but none of them really hit the mark in a big way. Most feel anti-climatic, and needing of more substance. Some are just plain pointless and/or over before they've even started.
There are some recurrent themes, especially those of morality and religion, but nothing really gets tied up.
I kept hoping for something that would connect all the different stories, to make them collectively profound, but nothing came.
The closing line of the movie was one rare moment of profundity though, but it didn't really have a context.
Then there's the acting. The performances in this movie are incredibly bad. Think primary school play bad. There's a handful of exceptions but it's a cringefest from start to finish.
Nine stories from Giovanni Boccaccio's novel of the same name. Directed and written by Pier Paulo Pasolini.
Some of the stories are interesting, even amusing but none of them really hit the mark in a big way. Most feel anti-climatic, and needing of more substance. Some are just plain pointless and/or over before they've even started.
There are some recurrent themes, especially those of morality and religion, but nothing really gets tied up.
I kept hoping for something that would connect all the different stories, to make them collectively profound, but nothing came.
The closing line of the movie was one rare moment of profundity though, but it didn't really have a context.
Then there's the acting. The performances in this movie are incredibly bad. Think primary school play bad. There's a handful of exceptions but it's a cringefest from start to finish.