Heartwarming, gut-wrenching and funny. Amazing.

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 1999)

As I wrote to a friend of mine: "The movie was incredible, beginning as a very old-fashioned funny romance (I mean 1950s old-fashioned, although Roberto Benigni himself is getting Buster Keaton comparisons), and turning into a holocaust movie, and staying a comedy the whole way while just ripping your guts out. Jesus. Don't miss it."