La Strada

drnecrow
Review by
12 May 2026
Bad
18th percentile
33
I have made it no secret that I hate Italian films, noisy films, messy films, badly paced films, and finally boring films. Federico Fellini exemplifies that in every film he makes and I have no idea how anything he "creates" gets anywhere close to the top of the any movie list ever.

This movie is a shit stain and no amount of praise for this makes me understand why this is well regarded. I don't like any of the characters and it was actually painful for me to get through.

I will only give the slightest bit of credit for the time this came out and Giulietta Masina is not a bad actress but I did not like her performance in this. She was better in Nights of Cabiria, but I hate that movie more because that "film" was trying it's best to make my ears bleed.

Anthony Quinn was good in Lawrence of Arabia and Last Action Hero, I guess... hmmm, that's it... I hate this movie. I just can't stand it for too many reasons and I already feel like I am being too mean.

If you want to help me try and find Italian movies, I commend the effort. Here are my top 3 Italian movies if you want to try. Life Is Beautiful, A Special Day, and Bicycle Thieves. To this day, I have not found a single Italian movie that I would give a 10/10 to. I am much more favorable of French and Japanese Cinema. Thank you for reading!
Mini Review: I have made it no secret that I hate Italalian films, noisy films, messy films, badly paced films, and finally boring films. Federico Fellini exemplifies that in every film he makes and I have no idea how anything he "creates" gets anywhere close to the top of the list. This movie is a shit stain and no amount of praise for this makes me understand why this is well regarded. I don't like any of the characters and it was actually painful for me to get through.
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