The comedian trio, one of the most famous in Italy, returns to the cinema with The Big Day, a long-awaited film that will surely make excellent numbers at the box office, but is The Big Day also a “big” product?
Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo have been for many years one of the symbols of Italian comedy, to cinema and beyond, but also a meeting place between different generations, infused with their distinctive spirit. I Hate Summer, the final film before The Big Day, had its flaws, yes, but it showed a growth of the trioa maturation that has not gone unnoticed and bodes well for the future.
Unfortunately, the big day left us a bit bitter in the mouth… and no, it’s not the moral of the film, it’s the film as a whole.
The situation turns around
The big day sees Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo in an unprecedented position in history: this time John and James are parents of two little boys, helium and Catherine, ready for marriage. A day that both of them longed for, as did their families, who prepared a three-day festival with flakes just in case.
Giovanni and Giacomo have known each other since childhood and have shared everything, school and society, but their friendship seems as indissoluble as it is fragile and various events risk undermining their relationship and that of their families. aldoon the other hand, the new companion of Giovanni’s ex-wife and extremely lively, too much for the already complicated balance sheet that underlies a wedding day.
The big day is not big
The big day begins with good premises and the context the characters are immersed in can certainly be appropriate for their characters, but the end product is lacking Depth, three-dimensionality, insights. This concept is reinforced by the fact that the film takes a much more serious turn, especially in the second part, to which the details and background stories are out of proportion.
The tone change between the first and second part it is even very clear and is perceived by the viewer as a not indifferent rock that lacks balance. Of the two, the first part is undoubtedly the better, having less narrative constraint and not suffering from the moral and nostalgic key that emerges in the following act.
John and James, despite the lack of insight into the individuals and their collective, they work and elicit more than a few laughs from their comedy. Aldo, on the other hand, is reduced to a pure comic blob and we also find it difficult to say that The Big Day is more of a trio film than one two plus one.
This marriage should not be concluded
The marriage between Elio and Caterina is probably not as hoped, but the one in between is Massimo Venier Directed and directed by Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo is the result of a very long love story that has passed through happy times of great classics and less happy times like this Il grande giorno. Ups and downs that can happen over the course of a career and which we hope will serve to give even more in the next round.
The three comedians look exhausted compared to other products and you get the feeling they could do better. On the contrary, to underline the proof John Anzaldo in the role of Elio and di Robert Citran in those of the Don. Well, the scenography department that manages to give the viewer an extra smile with little gems.