Bittersweet, yet fulfilling.

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2003)

The most bittersweet of all movies. You wished that Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami had written it so that he would have overcome the German and killed him instead of being slain. But life is not that way. And why didn't he solve that final riddle for Dr. Lessing (Horst Buchholz). That would have been a fitting alternative for salvation through the good doctor.

All in all a touching story done with great style and humor. The acting being superb by all in the cast. Still waiting for Benigni to find himself. Giorgio Cantarini as Joshua was unbelievably effective.
"Pinocchio" certainly was not a fitting followup.