Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning
A resurrected office underling is dragged back into the absurd machinery of corporate power in a late-period Fantozzi farce.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- vulgar
- frantic
- lazy sunday
- comedy marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as a vulgar and increasingly inconsistent continuation of the Fantozzi franchise, though some found its social observations still recognizable.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Fantozzi is resurrected by the company during a crisis, returning to the institutional environment that repeatedly subjects him to indignity.
Paolo Villaggio reprises Rag. Ugo Fantozzi, with Pina and Signorina Silvani also returning as established franchise figures.
The company brings Fantozzi back to life because of a crisis, providing the film's central absurd narrative mechanism.
The film places Fantozzi's comic misfortunes within a company hierarchy populated by grandiose authority figures such as the Mega Presidente.
Films like Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning, and why
Fantozzi
shared italian workplace satire, humiliating bureaucracy, and broad slapstick comedy
Fantozzi Against All
shared recurring downtrodden protagonist, absurd social institutions, and vulgar italian comedy
The Second Tragic Fantozzi
shared episodic farce, surreal comic escalation, and an inept everyman battling authority
Movie Details
- Director
- Domenico Saverni
- Release Date
- 1999-12-23
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (300)
Cast
- Paolo Villaggio
- Milena Vukotić
- Anna Mazzamauro
- Paolo Paoloni
- Dodi Conti
- Stefano Masciarelli
- Mirta Pepe
- Irma Capece Minutolo
- Aldo Ralli
- Evelina Gori
Common questions
- What is Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning about?
- A resurrected office underling is dragged back into the absurd machinery of corporate power in a late-period Fantozzi farce.
- What is Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning as mild.
- What did critics think of Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as a vulgar and increasingly inconsistent continuation of the Fantozzi franchise, though some found its social observations still recognizable.
- Which films are like Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning?
- Films with a similar feel include Fantozzi, Fantozzi Against All, and The Second Tragic Fantozzi.
- How long is Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning?
- Fantozzi 2000 - The Cloning runs 94 minutes.
