I personally don't view it as a comedy but a drama about a funny and very powerful human being who wound up at one of the camps

Rating: Null/10 (16 June 1999)

This was an amazing movie and can't believe the controversy. It wasn't intended to be a documentary on the holocaust and think too many of the negative comments completely look through the point of the movie. I personally don't view it as a comedy but a drama about a funny and very powerful human being who wound up at one of the camps. In order for the movie to work at it's fullest, it did slide a little in terms of how accurately it depicted a concentration camp but the slide did not, by any means, give the wrong impression of the overall seriousness of the holocaust. Consider the fact that practically all the positive comments made on this movie mention how the viewers cried at the end. It would take a pretty soulless individual to walk out of the theater laughing hysterically.
Character development was awesome. The first part of the movie was all about absorbing the viewer into the genuine and strong nature of the characters and the tight bond they had between themselves. By the time they make it into the concentration camp, your heart completely sinks.