Movie #105: 8 ½

Movie #: 105
Movie Title: 8 ½
Year Released: 1963

Director: Federico Fellini
Notable Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo

Short Description: A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: #69
Empire.com: #51
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #87



Date Watched: 6/10/2016

Grade: 2 out of 5 (Fair)

Rationale: Moments of self reflection by Marcello Mastroianni’ Guido and listening to his wife Luisa, played by Anouk Aimée, accurately and callously accuse him of cheating while he falsely denies it are the best parts of 8 ½. The movie took too long to get going and the second half when his wife showed up was infinitely better than the first half. The title happens to be more amusing and clever than the movie itself since this was the director’s 8 ½ movie after six feature films and three short films/collaborations.