A Five Star Life

2014 | Drama, Romance, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Forty-something Irene had a dream job that made her life easy: she was indeed a luxury hotel inspector and her work got carried out in a wonderful ever-renewed setting.

Scores

Overall Score
43.4
Popularity Percentile (Year)
31.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
50.6%
Review Aggregate
57.7

Critic Consensus

61.8% Fresh • 34 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 62% of 34 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, pacing issues, emotional. Common reservations focus on pacing issues, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

romanticpacing issuesemotionalcharacter-drivenfamily-friendlythought-provokingstylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Margherita Buy2014$9,000$11,000(est)
Stefano Accorsi2014$5,000$7,000(est)
Fabrizia Sacchi2014$4,000$5,000(est)
Gianmarco Tognazzi2014$3,000$4,000(est)
Alessia Barela2014$3,000$4,000(est)
Lesley Manville2014$2,000$3,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score62.0
RT critic review count34
Rotten Tomatoes audience score49.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating6.3
IMDb votes2,612

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$306,917$406,759
International2014$442,736$586,761
Worldwide2014$749,653$993,520

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2014$330,553$438,084
Digital Rentals ?2014$2,162,000$2,865,312
Digital Purchases ?2014$1,712,000$2,268,924
Physical Rentals ?2014$2,464,000$3,265,555
Physical Purchases ?2014$6,643,000$8,804,009
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$138,113$183,042
Total Revenues2014$13,449,666$17,824,926
Expenses
Budget ?2014$825,000 (est)$1,093,378 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$600,000 (est)$795,184 (est)
Participations2014$538,000$713,015
Residuals ?2014$800,000$1,060,245
Interest & Overhead2014$165,000$218,676
Total Expenses2014$2,928,000$3,880,497
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$10,521,666$13,944,429

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