Graxxor Anandro Vidhelssen A worthy addition to the "time out of life" genre where the protagonists spend their final week, summer, day -or night in this case- of escape before returning to their realities.The characters are well developed, their back stories hold interest and there are moments of true dreamy escapism dotted throughout this picture set entirely in a sumptuous hotel room in Rome.However what carries this movie is the camaraderie and obvious sexual chemistry between the Alba and Nata-ssssha. The way their relationship and romance blossoms throughout the movie is never forced and there is next to nothing cringeworthy, a common affliction of "love at first sight" fare.What surprised me was the skill with which the director conveyed the acute feeling that the whole situation was so delicate, private and most importantly, fleeting: You could palpably feel the two squeezing the absolute most out of their time together.The sex scenes are prominent, powerful and sensual rather than titillating... If rather short "coming to the point"...

ironhorse_iv Don't get me wrong, being call porn, doesn't mean, its total trash. What I meant, is the whole movie is basically two people having sex on camera for the purpose of sexual arousal of its viewers. That's all! Yes, the movie sex scenes isn't that graphic, and it's mostly full of heavy nudity petting and griding, but it's still mostly visually porn-like. If anybody say, it isn't; then, they don't know, anything about sex or relationships! Directed by Julio Medem, this low budget foreign movie tells the story of two women; a young Russian woman only known as Natasha (Natasha Yarovenko) & a Spanish woman, Alba (Elena Anaya) spending time with each other, on holiday in Rome. Both women become very intimately with each other in a hotel room, over the course of the night, only to have the break of day threatens to break their newly forged bond. Without spoiling the movie, too much, I found this so call romantic drama movie to be reeking of stereotypic male porn fantasies in the way, this film is market. It's weird that the filmmakers, felt like the only way, to get lesbians, to watch this film, is by having nude two attractive supermodels, lied near each other for every trailer, poster and DVD cover. If anything, I would think, this marketing ploy would turn most of them off, because how explicit, the fan service is. I'm not saying, sex doesn't sell, but maybe, if you want your film to be taken seriously as an art-film, maybe tone, the nudity down, a bit. After all, it's better off, to focus on the love-story, than the love-making. Films similar to this film, like 2013's Blue Is the Warmest Color & 2015's Carol were able to do better, because, it didn't allow their graphic sex scenes to the main focus of the film. Don't get me wrong, the movie does attempt to be somewhat sophisticated with its story with its dialogue, however, I don't think, work, since the actresses are mostly, speaking these expositions in the buff. The nudity has always been a bit distracting. Another problem with the talking scenes is how the dialogue, comes off, as pretentious, artificial and hokey. I really found the scenes where the girls, are describing the art in their room to be, somewhat goofy and out of touch of reality. There is just way too much, bad melodramatic harlequin novel in those scenes. It's all drivel full of bad metaphors and sentences that don't connect. Who honestly talks like that!? I also didn't like, tell do-not show, style of the filmmaking here. I know the movie is low budget, so, they had to talk about it, than showing it, but a lot of scenes could had work better, if they show the characters backstory, rather than telling us, through an excessive product placement scene like the Microsoft Bing, searching. I found those scenes to be kinda weak and shallow, because not only, is Rome as a backdrop, barely use, but we also never truly get to know, anything about them to be for sure of. After all, for a film about two women falling in love with each other, these two women really do love lying to each other about their backstory. The internet is known for its anonymous, so for the women to use it, to describe their lives, is somewhat questionable. I know the movie wants us to decide on their veracity, but gees, I really don't find, their relationship working at all, if they willing to do that, during the course of one-night. I really don't believe in anything, these liars, are saying to each other. It really made the love-story, so much more, unrealistic. I really hate most of this façade that the movie is forcing down on us, as if they truly love each other. That's BS. Another problem with the actresses is how English is major language spoken in this film, and it's clear, by their delivering, that English is a second language to them. Their Russian & Spanish accents, not only makes it, hard to hear, what they were saying, but it also, makes their pronouncing of certain English words, a little cringe-worthy. It's also a very poor translation with repetitive keys words, being said, multiply times, in an endless loop. We get it, movie, you're in a 'room in Rome'! You don't need to repeat the title, that many times, throughout this film! Another problem with the film is how bad, the lip syncing, is. You really can tell, that voices had to be redone, time after time, overs. I was also a bit disappointed by the lack of subtitles, after all, five different languages are spoken over the course of the film. English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, and Basque, but not all versions of the film have subtitles to translate these different languages. One last thing, I didn't like about the film is the music. While, the song 'Loving Strangers' by Russian Reds, sounds alright for the first time, it was played in the film. I really didn't like, how it was repeat, time after time, again, throughout the film. It really got annoying with its melodramatic repetitive lyrics, coming out of nowhere and adding nothing to the scenes, it's being played in. Overall: Room in Rome is very disappointing, not only as a love story, but also an erotica. Go see 2013's Blue Is the Warmest Color, instead.

blueneptune1 I really liked this movie because I accepted it for what it is: an erotic comedy with a hint of drama. I'm a straight male so I could not take my eyes off of this movie, partly because of the beautiful cinematography and partly because of how beautiful the 2 protagonists are. The negative comments relate to how the storyline was confusing or there were lies on top of lies, but come on...2 strangers meet for a 1-night-stand and they tell the truth about their lives? Give me a break. I also bet half of the bad reviews are from women who don't come close to looking like these 2.The storyline was a bit corny and trite yet kept you wanting to know more. Some of the banter is witty and some didn't make much sense. There is romance, art, humor, culture, heartbreak, and triumph all rolled in one movie. Natasha's acting was inferior to Albas, but I was interested in how it would end, and I liked it because it kept you guessing. This movie falls short of Sex and Lucia, which I loved and t's from the same director. Would the movie be as alluring if 2 obese and unattractive women were in it? I doubt it, but that's for the viewer to decide.

DustinRahksi Don't ask how I came into viewing this, it was supposed to be a break from my streak of garbage horror movies. I don't have much to say about this film, so I'm going to make it brief.How something so simple minded and poorly done can even get 10 star reviews on this site is beyond me. Is this a porno or a movie, the two leads are naked through 90 percent of the movie, and I thought hostel was ridiculous. The whole movie takes place in a single room, wow! what a great idea. Then you add in a none existent plot and non-stop sex, and what you get is something that doesn't qualify as a film. Don't you hate it when you think your going to watch a movie, but it is pretty much a feature length adult film. The film wears on you real fast, and I found my self day dreaming of shutting it off and going back to my trashy horror films. People will argue there is a deeper meaning, but I was to bored to even pay attention.This film lacks any type of plot, has nothing intriguing, and on top of that it's 1 hour and 40 minutes long, this sucks. This movie is just an excuse to turn porn into a film, it's a joke and a mind numbing mess.