Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

Reviews

• "CALIGULA The Ultimate Cut is worth watching for the impressive performances from Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren, but it still represents a failed attempt to tell an epic story of sex, debauchery, and excess from the decadent history of the Roman Empire."
  - JoBlo's Movie Network
• "A surprisingly spellbinding reimagining of one of cinema's most infamous disasters, CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT is a stunning achievement."
  - Morbidly Beautiful
• "This really feels like the film that was originally promised by Bob Guccione back in the late 70’s, when he referred to it as a “package of excellence”. CALIGULA is the transgressive erotic masterpiece it always could have been."
  - Cinapse
• "CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT, which screened at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles, is unlikely to win over critics of the original film. But, fans of the notorious Penthouse production will be treated to even more debauchery in a more focused narrative."
  - United Press International
• "Here, at last, we can see McDowell was genuinely trying for nuance, and even a bit of tragedy."
  - Empire Magazine
• "CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT is an imposing, masterful restoration that breathes new life into what is known as the most notorious film of the 1970s."
  - Loud and Clear
• "Fresh score. After 45 years, this controversial juggernaut of a film has finally arrived, in all its ambitious, hot, messy, gratuitous splendor. Do see it on the big screen if at all possible."
  - Arts Fuse
• "This version restores a lot of Helen Mirren's performance which wasn't on the original version, and it also makes the madness comprehensible. "
  - Kermode and Mayo's Take