Nine (2009)

I went to see this film as soon as it was on at the cinema, i'd waited so long to see it and finally i could! it was AMAZING!

the opening scene was fabulous and daniel day lewis is amazing you wouldnt believe he is english, penelope cruz was brilliant as his mistress comedic and sexy at the same time, marion cotillard well what can we expect, fantastic as usual, fergie who has an absoloutley amazing voice fits perfectly into this film she is gorgoues and attacks performing so well! Judi denchwas surprisingly good as his confidante, singing and roaming around the stage. AND...Nicole kidman i thought she was fantastic, she plays his muse and she is perfect and idol and although has short scenes her song 'unusual way' was perfectly sung, in my opinion and i thought she played her part well.

I would suggest seeing this film just for the line up, however the scenes are breathtaking, itallian film making looks amazing, it makes you want to be itallian and live in italy.

Fast cars, Women, Scenery and some humour thrown in.

Ultimatley this film is about a director who struggles to come up with an idea for his film and these women in his life are not making it any easier.

This is an amazing film and i would totally recommend it, Cant wait till it comes out on DVD.

Even go and see it, if you are just wanting to see your favourite actor or actress x

AWESOME!!

I went to see Nine full of expectation after seeing the galaxy of stars in the movie. I didn't really know what to expect, but actually went away feeling quite flat. I found the story was weak and quite stereotypical and the songs were nothing special.

The high point was an excellent performance from Daniel Day Lewis but everything else was OK but not anything to get excited about.

I'm sure it will win lots of awards within the industry but it was not really for me!

Saw this yesterday at the cinema. I've got to say I wasn't expecting much following the critics reviews (2stars), but I was pleasantly surprised. It follows the life of Guido, a middle-aged stereotypical Italian Director who has an overactive imagination and chronic insomnia whilst he is under a lot of pressure to film his latest movie.

Guido (Daniel Day Lewis) has many women in his life - his leading ladies (Claudia - Nicole Kidman, Stephanie - Kate Hudson), his leading lady mistress (Carla - Penelope Cruz), his wife (Luisa - Marion Cotillard), his confidant (Lilli - Judy Dench) as well as searching for advice from his deceased mamma (Sophia Loren).

With filmmaking success in his earlier years, but his last two films being flops, Guido is under tremendous pressure to make his latest film a hit. He has his producer in place, his cast, his crew, his wardrobe dept etc, but NO SCRIPT! Understandably he is in a desperate situation as he tries to put together a movie in his mind - turning reality into fantasy, and memories into a musical - cue the fantastic musical soundtrack this film has which is bound to sell thousands of copies.

The acting by Daniel Day Lewis as Guido and Penelope Cruz as Carla are superb. You forget completely that the role of Guido is not being played by an Italian, but by the British actor Daniel Day Lewis who has the Italian attitude and swagger down to a T. Penelope Cruz plays the ideal mistress - but I guess she's got a lot of practice... Only joking! Her acting is spot on and her dance moves and costumes fabulous.

There is a lot of 'European' humour in this, which the British audience might 'get' but the American audience less likely, so it probably won't do as well over there as it will in Europe. If you've ever watched Italian films or Italian style films you will know what I mean.