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Casanova
MINISERIES: PBS, begins Sunday 10/8 at 9:00p

Casanova
Critic Score
Metascore: 66 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.0 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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Starring Peter O’Toole, David Tennant, Laura Fraser, Rupert Penry-Jones, Nina Sosanya, Rose Byrne, and Freddie Jones

This British take on the story of the legendary lover airs as part of PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre."

GENRE(S): Comedy, Drama
FIRST AIR DATE: October 8, 2006
LAST AIR DATE: October 15, 2006
ALSO ON: Concludes Sun 10/15 at 9:00p

What The Critics Said

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83
Entertainment Weekly Alynda Wheat
[O'Toole's] Casanova may have lust in his heart, but it's his love for Henriette... that guides his life and makes the tale worth the telling. [6 Oct 2006, p.64]
75
New York Daily News David Hinckley
A playful pastiche of clashing styles.
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70
New York Magazine John Leonard
When you’ve got Peter O’Toole in a Masterpiece Theatre mini-series, who cares how many liberties teleplaywright Russell T. Davies took with the confabulations of Giovanni Giacomo Casanova?
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70
The New York Times Anita Gates
It does have a lively pace, a warm spirit, a contagious sense of fun, some very pretty 18th-century European settings and Peter O’Toole as the title character in his later years.
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60
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
"Casanova" only gets into trouble when it wants to mean something, and the more pointedly emotional moments seem cooked up to the point of hokum, but it's fun when it wants to be, and most of the time it just wants to be fun.
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60
Hollywood Reporter Laurence Vittes
A second half that bogs down and suspect chemistry will deter some viewers from finding out what really happened at the end of Casanova's days.
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50
Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert
"Casanova" is a giddily unconventional tale of an adventurous youth, but then it's also a stock and inflated portrait of old age.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

carri f gave it a10:
i adored this mini-series. david tennant is brilliant as a young casanova. it really is a wonderful retelling of an interesting story.

emma c gave it a9:
a funny and enotional movie

Simon T gave it a3:
Silly, paced too faced. Waste of time.

Arthur Z gave it a9:
I am 82 and enjoyed every minute of it - who cares whether it follows the legend or not?

Mike G. gave it a7:
Not spectacular but pretty entertaining. The performances are solid and the story flows pretty well. If the movie has a weakness, it is a dated look and feel...this feels like something from the 1970s and not the 21st century.

Jeff W gave it a10:
great style

Paul J gave it an8:
A fast, swinging, roller coaster ride of a story, full of visual thrills and chills. Loads of fun with riveting performances by Peter O'Toole and David Tennant.

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