I won't watch it again, why???? (spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2000)

I knew this film was critically acclaimed, but would it have been had the 2nd half not taken place? The first half is funny stuff, and you could just imagine R.Begnini sitting there writing it laughing, then something happens, like he didn't get the toy he wanted in his happy meal, so he changes everything. I know it wasn't like that.
I tend not to write a review in IMDB unless I like the film, because who am I to say a film is rubbish, a film will always be liked and hated, no film can please or upset everyone, but I think this is one film that will do a lot to appeal to a lot of people. People looking for laughs will laugh, even the 2nd part is funny, and people looking for a love story will find one, the romance isn't fake like many films, where Miss.x plays love interest not Miss.X. And the film will move people who want to be moved.
I felt sad at the end when he dies, but I didn't cry, and I'm bit of a girl, I cry easily. But the last line really hit me hard 'And that's the sacrifice my father made for me', I'm only 18, but this film will really give parents particulary Fathers a big lump in their throat. This is a film that makes me more sad when I think about it, than when I actually watched it.
The scene when he is walking in the fog, he comes across something, which o me didn't seem clear on VHS, but the next day I figured it must have been a pile of bodies, and this is what made me feel bad, Even though he'd seen all that misery he kept sane for his son. Had the whole film been like the first half, I could watch it again but...
This is a film everyone should see.