Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Ranuel The sets are great and the location shots even better. The acting is excellent and makes good use of the clever dialog and is the sole reason I gave this thing as many as four stars.Pity about things like an engaging plot, a sympathetic main character, and any resemblance to the real Cassanova. And just how the heck do you manage to make sex scenes involving a man who was arguably the greatest lover of his time boring? Okay, I can answer that one. You undermine any erotic element with slapstick humor and quick cut your way through them so that you can be "daring" but play it safe at the same time.I really like Davies' work on Doctor Who but apparently he has one style and he sticks to it because the music, the style of the dialog, and even many of the actors could have been lifted right out of Doctor Who and that was incredibly distracting at times. If you want a period story done well by this team go watch the Who episode Girl in the Fireplace and give this a pass.

Petri Pelkonen Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) was a Venetian adventurer and author.In this British mini series we see the older Casanova telling his story to a young maid.He tells about his cool jailbreak but a big part of his stories contain sexual experiences with several women.There was something in this man women just couldn't resist.But there was only one woman he truly loved.Her name was Henriette.I saw Casanova (2005) in two parts.This is a modernized version of this 18th century adventurer.It works awfully good.David Tennant is absolutely fantastic as the protagonist.He's often comical, sometimes moving.It's a real treat to see Peter O'Toole as the older Casanova.He gives a touching performance as the elderly librarian.Other actors do also a good job.Laura Fraser plays Henriette, the number one girl in Casanova's life.Rosa Byrne is Edith, the maid.They're both pretty and talented.Shaun Parkes is very good as Rocco, Casanova's servant.I had good times watching the story of Casanova.So why don't you just tune in.

grandmastersik I was fortunate enough to catch this on television one evening, right out of the blue.Normally I don't watch much TV, but this came on following some programme that was playing to itself and it grabbed me almost instantly with its humour.Being broadcast on Finnish television over two evenings, I was agog to see the second part, for the first half of this one was touching, funny, and so uniquely entertaining - with a brilliant cast to boot!By the end of the entire thing, I felt a strange sensation within me: INSPIRATION.Oddly enough, some American-produced film based on the same individual came out not long after, with some daft Australian actor at the helm. That piece was pretty hyped-up and well marketed, being released into cinemas rather than straight to TV.I've not seen this other "version" and don't intend to ever - I've heard enough about to to know that it couldn't possibly stand up to the challenge of comparison I'd be making whilst watching it.Read other reviews if you want to get a plot over-view; this article is simply to sing the praises for what was a beautiful, witty and powerful piece of film - recommended viewing for all!Now: if only it had been THIS film that had the backing of millions of Hollywood cash...

Bogdan Ionescu For me, Casanova is a good movie. It is very well played, I could name David Tennant, Peter O'Toole, Laura Fraser and Rupert Penry-Jones, to name only the top four but all the actors are very good on their parts and the idea behind the plot is special.The idea is about the love of your life lost despite your will as a result of an unfortunate fate, love that you never forget and that you keep it inside you wherever you go. Casanova got imprisoned due to fake charges brought against him by the wealthy and powerful Grimani, love blinded and lost his lover Henriette in favor of the latter. Casanova escaped only to became an outcast. He will never see again the town of Venice in his life.Maybe Casanova is not a model of a good man as it is presented in the movie although he is a good man indeed. He did a lot of crazy things, he had an odd life but he is absolved because of his burden of the lost love for Henriette carried everywhere with him. We can suppose that a good part of his crazy acts are done in order to forget, to keep his mind and his heart busy. Casanova never gives up the hope to meet again Henriette, who also never stop loving him, to be sometime again with her. Although the destiny doesn't help him to regain her helps him in his very last moments to die happily with the thought that Henriette was going to him and with her name on his lips.Maybe the actual Casanova was not the idealist person from the film and maybe the movie doesn't observe rigorously the historical facts but the result is more than enchanting. Like in the Dumas's novels the result is far away better than the reality. The last but not the least I would like to note the music of the movie which is beautiful and fits perfectly the plot. Their dance from the final is memorable.