From Chaplin until Benigni

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 1999)

Benigni amazed the whole world with this movie, a proof that his work is finally being recognized. He began just like Charles Chaplin, making small movies that had no other purposes than fun. Now he started do grow - just like Chaplin - and make movies about serious subjects without losing the funny aspects. We have to remember that by the time The Great dictator was released, nobody thought that someone could make a comedy out a serious subject like Hitler - quite the same thing that happened with Benigni's La Vita é Bella. The movie is excellent, it's funny and serious at the same time. This movie is capable of touching (and makes us think about the human race) just like the "serious" dramas about second war, like Schindler's List , for example. Benigni is really the best comediant of the world nowadays.