Last night I watched this movie for the first time and I just loved it. It was very funny and had a very light tone.
The ending was a little jarring though, I'm still torn about it. It kinda seemed out of place for a comedy like this. I'm not saying I didn't like it, but it was certainly shocking. Any thoughts?
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I'm not sure how I feel about the ending, but it certainly is a typical ending for European films of the 60s through early 70s (and some American films in the later half of that period), especially "road movies." It's like instead of "It ain't over until the fat lady sings," their logic is "It's not over until somebody dies in a sudden tragic car accident"...no matter how light or frivolous the film might have been up to that point. It usually comes off as an abrupt and heavy-handed stab at "seriousness," as it does here.
shareI agree, the ending was out of place. And it came out of nowhere so there wasn't even a transition to give the audience time to feel like something like that would happen.
shareThe ending cough me off guard too, it just feels so different than the rest of the movie. Though not sure if it would have the same impact if they just drove off into the sunset.
shareI definitely connected more with Roberto, although I couldn't help but like Bruno. He's reckless and a little arrogant, but it's all on the surface. Plus, he seems to genuinely like and care about Roberto.
As for the ending, I didn't find it all that shocking. But that may be because I'm used to the commedia all'italiana genre. They get even more shocking than this. I Knew Her Well, for example.