Chaplin is Beautiful!

Rating: Null/10 (9 March 1999)

I tried hard not to make comparisons but all the time long I saw the incredible Chaplin in Benigni`s film. The great Chaplin certainly influenced Benigni quite a lot (in acting and directing) and that is probably the reason why I left the movie theater with the strong impression I had already seen that film. "Life is Beautiful" reminds me also the old American "pastry-films" (like the tv series "The Three Stooges") in which things happen because they happen and don`t have to be explained. We all shall, meanwhile, recognize the good photography of the film, but for the rest it is far from deserving an Oscar. Like for best foreign-language film, for instance.