A finely crafted gem...

Rating: 9/10 (9 February 1999)

This small masterpiece of a film is an absolute delight to see.
In even the most fantastic moments you WANT to believe.
Roberto Begnini is brilliant. After seeing several interviews with him he would appear to be the same person in every day life as he is in his film.
Who would believe that a farce about the Holocaust could be made and not just realized but be entertaining and heart-warming as well: "This is the sacrifice my father made for me..."
Horst Bucholz has a very strange role -- is he mad? or is it the madness of the regime he is living under?
All this said, this is one of the finest films I have ever seen.