To Rome with Love

reviewed by Steve A. Vineberg in the Jul 25, 2012 issue

Lit by the prodigious cinematographer Darius Khondji, Rome looks glorious in Woody Allen’s latest, an omnibus of four loosely connected comedies in different styles. The movie is a pleasant diversion, if rather clumsy in its construction.

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