‘Parthenope’: A Movie About the Most Beautiful Woman in the World

Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta) is not simply a beautiful woman—in Parthenope, she’s depicted as a diva, a vision, and a ...
Entertainment Weekly

Paolo Sorrentino gives update on his Jennifer Lawrence films and explains why actors are like restaurants

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Parthenope. Three years after the release of his most personal film, the autobiographical, Oscar-nominated coming-of-age story The Hand of God, Paolo ...
AZ Central

'Parthenope' is a gorgeous movie that's either too skin deep or over my head

In Greek mythology, the Sirens were half-bird women whose song was so beautiful that it would lure sailors to their deaths along the rocky shores of the island where they lived. See: “The Odyssey.” ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Parthenope’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s Taste for Baroque Virtuosity Delivers a Lavish Banquet That’s Too Rich to Digest

Newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta stars in this story tracing the life of a Neapolitan woman as a reflection of the city itself, also featuring Stefania Sandrelli, Gary Oldman and Silvio Orlando. By David ...
AZFamily

‘Parthenope’ is a vapid and reductive exploration of a woman’s life

Parthenope (Celeste Dalla Porta) is a young woman growing up in Naples, Italy, in the 1960s-70s. Men, boys, and even some women are struck by her alluring beauty, desiring her affection at every turn.
Rolling Stone

‘Parthenope’ Is Already the Horniest Movie of 2025

Beauty, we’re told, is in the eye of the beholder. There are some types of beauty that go beyond the subjective, however — the kind that stops traffic, turns modest men into Tex-Avery-style wolves and ...
The New York Times

‘Parthenope’ Review: Goddess Worship

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, this decadent drama about a beautiful young woman is a one-sided meditation on art, desire and spirituality. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an ...
Los Angeles Times

A master sensualist returns with an alluring star and not much else in ‘Parthenope’

A softer Paolo Sorrentino (“The Great Beauty”) is still a fertile imagemaker. That means a willing viewer can coast through much of the Italian writer-director’s new film, “Parthenope,” on an ...
Observer

‘Parthenope’ Review: A Spectacle Lost In Its Own Beauty

Parthenope is born by in the sea, the daughter of a wealthy family with an ostentatious coastal villa and little to do but sun themselves. She shows an early predilection for knowledge, reading ...
IndieWire

Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Parthenope’ Gives Us One of the Great Modern Heroines — a First for the Italian Filmmaker

The Oscar-winning director and the film's star Celeste Dalla Porta tell IndieWire how their A24 film marks an unusual, female-forward step in Sorrentino's filmography. The Naples set coming-of-age ...
Decider

Is A24’s ‘Parthenope’ Streaming On Netflix or HBO Max?

As winter rages on, now is the perfect time to escape to the Italian coast via a screening of Parthenope, the new Paolo Sorrentino movie that is coming to U.S. theaters this weekend. Of course, just ...