Casanova is a man who loves to love women. He is sure that women are meant for pleasure, and pleasure alone, and that seems to make him happy. That is, until he meets Francesca Bruni - a woman who has a different idea about the true meaning of love, and isn't willing to be subservient or just a sex object. Casanova is intrigued and finds pursuing her can't be done in his usual manner. Unfortunately, she's betrothed to another, and Casanova is being pursued by the Church, who is forcing him to find a wife to save himself - hopefully one that will help him financially as well. If the story of the "world's greatest lover" isn't excellent fodder for ...  Read the complete review

Bastardisation! There is nothing more than the men in grey suits in Hollywoodland like to do than bastardise history. Imagine a group of closed door policy, gun loving Americans getting their hands on your beautiful history. They’re not intent on swapping and ruining their own past (as they have so little) so they have to make do with ours. Who can forget massive historical inaccuracies that were ‘Braveheart’, ‘U-571’ or even ‘Saving Private Ryan’? Each of these films managed to somehow change the events of the past ‘Sound of Thunder’ style (please see ‘obscure sci-fi films from 2006’ reference book for details). What annoys me the most is that to the majority of ..  Read the complete review

Pretty film! Frothy, light and entertaining. Historical epic it is not. You get some romance, some nice scenery, good music, and a bit of sex but that's all. This does get a bit risque in parts but not too much so, although I thought this one was a bit too sexy for the certificate 12A it was awarded. I wouldn't allow 12 year olds to watch this. (Too much information!) We do see quite a lot of Oliver Platt as Papprizzio. It's Venice, 1753, and the rampant Giacomo Casanova is destined to get his wings clipped by finding a bride. (As if that would work!) As soon he commits himself to a suitable virgin, he falls madly and ...  Read the complete review

Heath Ledger as Casanova The story of famous heart breaker Casanova and his quest for true love. This movie will only satisfy 50% of its viewers by my opinion. It is a light romantic comedy, which presents us with Casanova as only being a great lover and a fun guy to be with, which is historically incorrect and does not do justice to him. So as strictly for Casanova this is one of the worst movies made about him. The movie is just taking advantage of the name. But on the other hand this really is a fun comedy to watch. You will get many laughs watching the adventures of Casanova and people around him. The scenes are really great, I mean they ...  Read the complete review

A whirl-wind romance that's what I like! But how about one man who has slept with over a thousand women and still hasn't found the one? Well, the day may come very soon as he won so many hearts of young women, but the one lucky woman will win his heart. Giacomo Casanova is a handsome, most well-known popular man in Verona, he has a list of women on his list but can't even choose one! However, he has days to find a woman and marry her, otherwise he will get arrested and could be sent to prison or worse, hanged. He finds a woman in disguise, with the help of his friend Lupo, under another name and finds a beautiful woman with a face of an angel (with blonde hair ...  Read the complete review