Total stink

Rating: 1/10 (11 July 1999)

This film is a total stink! Must all serious movies about the holocaust receive an Oscar? This is rather absurd, but seems to have become a rule. 'Schindler's List' was good, but this is an absolute stink! It is as good as any second-hand low quality italian vulgar and burlesque comedy - it's one of their country's specialties. So why not give an Oscar to any stupid italian comedy that is released? Why make Paolo Villagio and others that make films just like Benigni's feel bad because they didn't have the idea to insert in their films a serious (and incredibly stupid) part concerning the holocaust. The film is really very low quality. If you want to see a quality comedy about the holocaust, try Radu Mihaileanu's (a romanian director) 'Train of Life'('Train de Vie'), which is some million times better(it was written before Benigni's film(and filmed before, I think), and the script was read by Benigni's producer, who should have produced but didn't, and might as well have 'inspired' Benigni, if you see what I mean. But not in a good way.