Casanova (2005) 7/10

Starring : Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili
Director : Lasse Hallstrom
Running Time : 108 mins

Realising that he can’t always successfully seduce women following a failed attempt with a woman named Francesca (Miller), Casanova (Ledger) decides to investigate the true meaning of love, not realising that the Catholic church are after his head following a particular indiscretion at a nearby nunnery.

This was a nicely enjoyable movie, using French farce to the maximum with it’s constant comedy of mistaken identity. At points it does get a little confusing as to who is who, especially with the revelations at the end of the movie, but there were some nice moments throughout which I found fun, and Oliver Platt was very good in his role.

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