Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- witty
- irreverent
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- family movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an accessible, commercially effective Italian comedy built around Checco Zalone’s comic persona, though its broad satire divided opinion.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Checco’s secure public-service position is threatened by a reformist government seeking to reduce bureaucracy.
Checco is born into privilege and treats his guaranteed job as a right when worsening conditions challenge it.
Checco must accept increasingly difficult conditions after reforms undermine the stability of his public-sector career.
The central conflict turns on Italian public employment, bureaucracy, and resistance to administrative reform.
Films like Where Am I Going?, and why
Welcome to the South
Shared Italian comedy, class satire, workplace absurdity, and an ordinary protagonist resisting social change.
The Tourist
Shared Italian comedy, fish out of water humor, family-friendly appeal, and criticism of bureaucracy and social conventions.
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Shared broad European comedy, workplace pressure, social satire, and a protagonist struggling to adapt to institutional change.
Movie Details
- Director
- Gennaro Nunziante
- Release Date
- 2016-01-01
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (2242)
Cast
- Checco Zalone
- Eleonora Giovanardi
- Sonia Bergamasco
- Ludovica Modugno
- Maurizio Micheli
- Paolo Pierobon
- Lino Banfi
- Antonino Bruschetta
- Azzurra Martino
- Lilia Perno
Common questions
- What is Where Am I Going? about?
- A pampered Italian civil servant fights to preserve his guaranteed job as bureaucratic reform turns workplace security into comic upheaval.
- What is Where Am I Going? like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Where Am I Going? as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Where Am I Going? violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Where Am I Going?.
- What did critics think of Where Am I Going??
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an accessible, commercially effective Italian comedy built around Checco Zalone’s comic persona, though its broad satire divided opinion.
- Which films are like Where Am I Going??
- Films with a similar feel include Welcome to the South, The Tourist, and Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra.
- How long is Where Am I Going??
- Where Am I Going? runs 86 minutes.
