Sometimes a Letterboxd review suffices, and I feel okay about this one:
Hedonistic like a modern day Great Gatsby - less poignant, but funnier, sexier. This is one where rich, white rockstars saunter lazily around an Italian island with their friends and lovers. Everyone is barefoot and at least half-naked all the time and everything is flirting and jealousy and seduction. Ralph Fiennes is phenomenal here, all giggling and excited and dancing terribly and just having a fucking blast. Swinton's much more reserved, her character recovering from vocal chord surgery, her performance coming largely through stilted smiles and sunglasses. Struggles in the third act, exchanging the fun, decadent vibes for more of a straight farce, but Fiennes' party-loving goober alone makes it all worth it.
This is on HBO right now and while I can't think of anyone on the blog who'd like it more than I did, I mean, check it out if you like. This Ralph Fiennes performance is criminally underrated.
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