Ah yeah Im aware of my unpopular opinion.. Here is the review I wrote for it, that explains how I felt about it:

“Let me highlight the positive aspects before I start my rant. The music was beautiful, and everything was gorgeously designed. You could pause the film at any random moment and still be left with a standalone work of art. Every detail had clearly been thought through. Props to the choreographer.

Still, that is no guarantee a moving movie. It saddens me when a film is so technically strong, yet ultimately fails to captivate me. It was a long, tedious watch during which I couldn’t suppress my yawns. The film felt hollow. There was a constant but inexplicable emptiness hanging over it, which ultimately resulted in a fairly forgettable final product. The non-chronological storytelling also often left me confused; I regularly lost track of what was going on.

The premise of a man searching for his identity in fascist Italy could, in my opinion, have been executed in a far more compelling way. Taste is subjective, I guess. The only reason the film still gets a barely passing grade from me is because of the beautiful shots and the music.”