Avanti!
In this film, we follow a successful businessman on the trip to Italy to dispose for the reappearance of his tycoon-father's body. In this trip, he suddenly discovers a secret that his dad died with his mistress of long standing
2 September 1940, Rome, Lazio, Italy
29 February 1948, Helsinki, Finland
15 March 1917, Foggia, Puglia, Italy
18 April 1930, Wellington, New Zealand
27 March 1932, Avola, Sicily, Italy
5 April 1940, Rome, Lazio, Italy
6 April 1949, Landskrona, Skåne län, Sweden
21 November 1941, London, England, UK
10 May 1926, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
1929, Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy
1 January 1930, New York City, New York, USA
August 14, 2007
A delightful romantic comedy, Billy Wilder style, meaning that its romanticism is curdled and its comedy is amusingly dark.
December 20, 2005
It has many delightfully absurd moments in which Jack Lemmon and Brit actress Juliet Mills thoroughly exploit to the fullest.
January 01, 2000
Intermittently funny, charming, cute and, unfortunately, over-long.
February 02, 2003
It's not vintage Billy Wilder, but even lesser Wilder has wit to spare.
March 24, 2009
There is a lot of Billy Wilder in [Avanti!], including the idea that age is a state of mind. The film doesn't all work, [but] when the rigid Armbruster warms up on a sunny rock,... Wilder is telling us something that is more than just fun.
October 23, 2004
Avanti! isn't a laugh-a-minute kind of a movie, and it's too long by maybe half an hour.
August 01, 2008
Wilder justifies this film's length (144 minutes) with its loving, carefree and even relaxing Italian vacation atmosphere.
January 01, 2000
This 1972 release is the most underrated of all Billy Wilder comedies and arguably the one that comes closest to the sweet mastery and lilting grace of his mentor, Ernst Lubitsch.
April 28, 2006
Weak Billy Wilder is worth a watch.
February 13, 2001
Gentle and touching satirical drama with Lemmon on form but without much bite.
June 24, 2006
Marvellous performances from Lemmon and Mills.
May 24, 2003
A biting farce about an American in Italy, this gets great comic mileage out of Lemmon, Mills and the Mediterranean, but Wilder seems uncertain whether he's laughing with or at his protagonists.
