To Rome With Love (2012)

A spiritual successor to the well-done Midnight in Paris (2011) both directed by Woody Allen, it's a type of story dubbed "Magical Realism".  Otherwise know as a dreamlike state.

The real star of course is the Eternal City where all is shot on location.  Wonderful shots of the ruins, the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps and more that I probably don't recognize, since going to Rome is still on my list of things to do.  Starring Woody Allen, of course, along with some more marketable ensemble stars, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig (pre-Lady Bird), Ellen Page and Penelope Cruz.

It's a Love Actually type of plot with several intertwined stories that all resolve at the same time.  I particularly liked the imaginary friend played by Alec Baldwin helping out Jesse Eisenberg.  That storyline rang pretty true to me.

A fun time and an imaginative premise, even if some things turns out a little silly like the opera singer in the shower.

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