L'ora legale (2017) User Reviews

Excellent social issue

[ale_muraca · 7/10 · 20 January 2017]

The film deals with a very important issue for the southern Italian regions in a direct and consistent manner. A village is overwhelmed by a wave of legality that brings havoc among the population accustomed to misbehave. Traffic, abusive parking, misappropriation of public land, pollution and lack of decorum are just some of the points touched. And this is a real problem today in Sicily, Calabria and other areas of the peninsula, even in the north. There are some flaws, including the recitation of a few actors, but overall the "comedy" (it looks like a tragedy to me, considering it's all true) is really enjoyable. I hope it will help raise awareness of the viewer in a massive way. I love the end: it is emblematic.

great idea, but not done that well

[hakra1 · 5/10 · 20 July 2020]

Very realistic political satire, with great ideas, but unfortunately it was realized in a very childish way sometimes, as if a 15 year old wrote the dialogues.. and the main character salvo lacks carisma, so they jokes dont work that well either. a lost oportunity, because the story itself is very good. especially the last minutes when the new mayor tells the people, you wanted the change, but to change the town you must change yourself.

Very funny political satire

[Andy-296 · 9/10 · 4 November 2017]

This Italian film is a very funny political satire. Directed by a comic duo well known in Italy, it is set in a coastal small town in Sicily. As the movie starts, its corrupt mayor is voted out of office, being replaced by a younger guy, who is a very honest professor. Because people are used to the corrupt old ways, when the new mayor starts trying to clean house (like, for instance, demanding people pay traffic fines) he will soon face the opposition of the village (including the local priest, and eventually, even some of his own family) who will start demanding the old mayor returns. The movie is very funny and it allows one to understand why people sometime prefer a corrupt political system if they believe they can benefit from it.

Great humoristic duo, unfortunatly understimated

[falqui · 8/10 · 28 June 2019]

Ficarra e Picone are two very smart duo. This movie rapresents the italian society with some bitter smiles. The story is not as fictioned as you can imagine

The best film in world cinema about bad politicians and the bad voters who feed them

[bcnkor · 10/10 · 25 December 2021]

Politicians are always blamed for what goes wrong, but the fault is not who does it, but who feeds it, and this movie is a real reflection of it, of what is happening around the world .

It is told in a comical way to later reach a reflection. But the reality is that although many parties appear, people almost always continue to feed the same parties in most countries, since the media is very convincing by repeating things so much, but politics is pure appearance and even a lot people don't realize. The human being likes to trip over the same stone, over and over again....