“This film defined a decade before the decade arrived.”
★★★★
- Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

“Everything has changed, and nothing has changed. How sour it still is.”
★★★★★
- David Fear, Time Out

“In spite of its thematic ugliness, this is a stunning-looking trawl through the Italian capital, with Ekberg's impromptu paddle in the Trevi fountain still the films enduring image.”
★★★★★
- Fran Hortop, Film4

“Federico Fellini's parody of the parasites who bask in the glory of cheap publicity not only exposes the emptiness of their lives, but also of those who report their antics as if they were of world-shattering import.”
★★★★★
- David Parkinson, Empire