Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, Live, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630282060X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,804 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From The New Yorker

This romantic comedy from Maurizio Nichetti suffers from one small problem: there ain't much romance, and not a whole load of comedy either. Nichetti's last movie, "The Icicle Thief," showed more intuitive wit; this one feels forced and spun-out, with a technical gag that goes well beyond a joke. Nichetti himself plays a timid little bozo who turns into a cartoon; but even then he's still a timid little bozo, so you don't really care either way. Luckily, the woman he fancies is played by Angela Finocchiaro, who is everything that Nichetti isn't-sexy, even-tempered and free from vanity. The film is itchy and unsatisfying, but she calms it down. In Italian. -Anthony Lane
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comedy With A Unique Twist, June 28, 2009

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Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volere Volare [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What a wild comedy-romance this movie is, with the emphasis on comedy. The two main characters in this Italian film are a woman whose job is to fulfill men's fantasies and a movie sound man (Maurizio Nichetti) who creates wild sound for cartoons. He, himself, at the end, briefly turns into a cartoon character! I told you this was wild and, yes, a bit absurd, but it makes it unique.

The woman, Angela Finochhiaro, is fun to watch and she appears comfortable doing comedy. In here, she lets men do such things as pour chocolate all over her, pretend she's a holdup victim, scare her by driving too fast, watch her while she's nude, whatever, mostly crazy things.

Despite the latter, it's not a sleazy film although certainly not wholesome family material, either, but it's not sex-obsessed and there is almost no profanity. All the characters are basically nice people.

It's different, and worth a look if you can find it. I don't believe this has ever been put out on a Region 1 DVD. What a shame.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another funny movie by Maurizio Nichetti, November 26, 2000

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Rick Murphy (West Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volere Volare [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Maurizio Nichetti stars and directs this film. He is like a modern day Buster Keaton, and in this movie he plays a character who dubs cartoon sounds into Italian (sounds). His brother has the equally unnecessary job of dubbing porno movies into Italian. The movie is funny and comically erotic.

4.0 out of 5 stars Volere Volare, May 30, 2009

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R. Bradley "Classic mad" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volere Volare [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A clever comedy that mixes animation with real life. Well done another masterpiece from Maurizio Nichetti.