The Players

The Italian version is rated a few percent higher than the French original, which surprised me a lot. Apart from the poster, Jean Dujardin, and the fact that I quite liked the episodic film despite the bad ratings and criticisms, I successfully forgot about the French original, so I didn't mind watching the Italian version on Netflix. In my opinion, it is weaker, but also watchable. The best stories are the ones set in hotels. (25/06/2023)

Right after the Netflix premiere this movie received bad ratings on this site. I had a feeling that this movie wouldn’t be good but I told myself that unless I try it I can’t judge it. And to my surprise it wasn’t that bad. It is a series of short stories in which there are different Italian actors and actresses and the main topic is cheating. From time to time there are some bouts of Italian temperament and illogical defending of a thing that can’t be defended but overall I liked these short stories. The best moments were when Riccardo Scamarcio with any of the actresses were present on the screen. Riccardo is able to lure you in with his acting skills as are the actresses with their dominant beauty. The viewer shouldn’t take the cheating premise too seriously. If the rest of the movie failed to do the job, the last few-minute-long short story should convince you of that. (22/07/2020)