Left me with a sick feeling...

Rating: 1/10 (5 May 2003)

Unfortunately it wasn't the sick feeling that came from the tragedy of the Holocaust but the mockery Roberto made of it. SPOILER ALERT!! I will not be considerate of you who have not seen the film so read no further if you don't want to know what happens.
The movie at best was Ace Ventura meets the Nazis. The reason why? Because the whole world around the spastic lead character seems normal while he does absolutely insane actions. Yet his actions, which would have him killed within a minute of being in the camps, don't get him killed until the very end when he could have actually avoided it. It saddens me to have such soulful performances of the Holocaust victims and such realistic settings wasted on such terrible mess of a lead character. Don't get me wrong, I think one is allowed to bring humor to such tragic times, but the juxtaposition of the realism and silliness was too much here. Tragedy with humor deserves restraint.
For those who want to know more about the Holocaust, I would recommend the Pianist or the Maus books or go to Dachau, but don't see this.