Federico Fellini's 8½

"A masterpiece by cinema’s ultimate dreamer (...) At his best, his films strike a perfect balance between fantasy and reality – and nowhere is this more evident than in his autobiographical classic, '8½'" 

"The effect is sometimes confusing - but always beautiful - and eventually intertwines to a singular life-confirming realisation that cuts through the madness and embraces it (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"It’s wildly fun and frenetic but also a penetrating portrait of a filmmaker (Marcello Mastroianni) in a creative rut. Inventive and imaginative (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"This is a complex and painfully honest study of a man in a personal and professional crisis (...) The exceptional Marcello Mastroianni is superbly supported by Anouk Aimée and Claudia Cardinale (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Here is a piece of entertainment that will really make you sit up straight and think, a movie endowed with the challenge of a fascinating intellectual game. (...) it sets up a labyrinthine ego for the daring and thoughtful to explore, and it harbors some elegant treasures of wit and satire along the way" 

"'8½' is the best film ever made about filmmaking (...) All of the images (real, remembered, invented) come together into one of the most tightly structured films Fellini made (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Exhilarating, stocktaking original (...) The most gorgeous and inventive thing he's ever made"