Film Preview: Roma (2018)

Page Revisions:

(November 4, 2018) Original
(November 18, 2018) New Trailer (#2)

Release Date:

December 14, 2018

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970s.”

Poster Rating: C / C+

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Review: (#1) Children lounging and looking up at the sky. It’s such a generic image that the black-and-white sepia-toned image looks dull. (#2) This poster looks more like something one would associate with Federico Fellini, which is the aesthetic this film is going for, which should appeal to cineastes, even if general audiences are disinterested.

Trailer Rating: B- / B

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Review: (#1) Making the trailer almost silent in its design might help get audiences to the theater who wouldn’t normally turn out for a Spanish-language film, but its black-and-white style won’t do it any favors. That’s not the trailer’s fault, though, so without giving the audience anything to entice it, it doesn’t do much good for itself.

(#2) There isn’t much of a story presented in any of these trailers. Trying to look like an artful tribute to Fellini is a given, but the end result continues to be a film that may look like something beautiful to watch yet isn’t emotionally engaging enough.

Oscar Prospects:

Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white feature, influenced by Federico Fellini, has already earned plenty of praise in its festival run. That puts it in line for plenty of Oscar attention.