A mad, resplendent peacock of a film, a cinematographic riot of color and sensuality that evokes its era -- the swinging mid-'60s -- as much as any movie made during those giddy years.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Above all, the film is just wonderfully ... well, Fellini-esque. It looks like nothing the cinema has seen since then.
Invites you to contemplate the symbolic vibration of every hue in its teeming, overcrowded canvas.
80
Variety
Variety
Fellini has put together an imperial-sized fantasy of a physical opulence to make the old Vincente Minnelli Metro musicals look like army training films.
67
Portland Oregonian
Portland Oregonian
Flopped on its initial release, and it is a somewhat decadent and overlong production. But Masina's performance is, as always, engaging, and Fellini's glee at launching into color filmmaking is palpable.
60
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Juliet is never less than eye-catching, but is rarely more.