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Caligula

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18% Tomatometer 33 Reviews 38% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Caligula

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Critics Consensus

Endlessly perverse and indulgent, Caligula throws in hardcore sex every time the plot threatens to get interesting.

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Michael Blowen Boston Globe Apr 28, 2018
If you want a turn-on, turn-off Caligula. Stay home and read Robert Graves' I, Claudius, it's much sexier. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Dec 8, 2007
Such established names as John Gielgud and Peter O'Toole will have to be seen to be believed. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Dec 8, 2007
0/4
Caligula is sickening, utterly worthless, shameful trash. If it is not the worst film I have ever seen, that makes it all the more shameful: People with talent allowed themselves to participate in this travesty. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Oct 10, 2024
2/4
Despite all the gruesomeness, the picture often borders on camp. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jul 9, 2024
1/5
…it doesn’t take a lot of tinkering to ruin a film, and the much-tinkered with 1980 version of Caligula is a mess, with the guts of Vidal’s script removed, replaced by irrelevant sex, then having the sex removed, rendering the result utterly pointless… Go to Full Review
Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Aug 30, 2022
D
Too dull and repellent to be a guilty pleasure. Go to Full Review
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Anakin W Dec 21, 2018 A rather bizarre and non-erotic historical porn that ultimately fails to tell an actual story
Poe S Nov 27, 2018 So despicably exploiting the biography of the eponymous disputatious Roman emperor that even its original director and screenwriter disavow this Penthouse-produced pornography. See more
Hermione S Nov 16, 2018 Vile, dreary nihilism that no combination of explicit sex, gory special effects, polished acting, or sheer audacity can elevate beyond sheer, simple, shameful trash. While I can admire the effort to create an erotic epic that might do for cinema what Joyce's ULYSSES did for censorship and literature, there just is not much more here to admire than the film's shocking existence--and it certainly does shock, even if it never even remotely entertains. Who knew that necrophilic incest would be so boring? See more
Theodore R Oct 8, 2018 A controversial masterpiece, the best peplum ever, at last a porno film you can watch without justifying yourself staring the best actor ever. The long version only. Do yourself a treat.. Watch and love it and rate it fair. It's a must see. See more
Poe R Aug 16, 2018 i wouldn't judge this film by its eroticism only. excellent cast and performance. rare gem which is hard to ever outshine...
Hermione L Aug 12, 2018 Well, the mission was sound, the vision good, but the execution iffy. Not bad acting, and actually not a bad movie, but if you are married with children you have to give it 2 stars. If you are a single man, it gets 6 stars, and if you are just married, ask your mate. See more
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Movie Info

Director
Tinto Brass
Producer
Bob Guccione, Franco Rossellini
Screenwriter
Gore Vidal
Distributor
Analysis Film Releasing Corporation
Production Co
Penthouse Films International
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 1, 1980, Original
Runtime
2h 36m
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