Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli

Dante (Roberto Benigni) is the ultimate loser. Nothing seems to work for him - especially in love. Suddenly, a beautiful and rich woman (Nicoletta Braschi) gives him some hope. However, the deal invol...( read more  read more... )ves Dante going to Sicily where the woman's husband (Roberto Benigni) is an infamous gangster known as Johnny the Toothpick ("stecchino" in Italian). Johnny has denounced some of the local mafiosi to the police so their friends want him dead. So, why not get Dante killed instead.

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Unrated, 102 min.

Directed by: Roberto Benigni

Release Date: January 1, 1991

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  • July 14, 2008
    A comedic gem from the (almost) always great Roberto Benigni.
  • November 13, 2008
    A brain-dead Italian comedy from the famous Roberto Benigni, I watched it as part of my Italian class. I thought Life is beautiful was all right, so I was interested to see what Benigni would be like in a more traditional comedy. Sure enough, Benigni remains a pretty fun and en...( read more)ergetic performer, the problem is that the rest of this movie is amazingly dumb. The jokes are completely lowbrow and the ?plot? is a barebones story that is completely reliant upon Benigni?s character being REALLY stupid. There are a couple chuckles here but as a whole it?s really not worth seeing, it hasn?t been released on DVD in region 1, and I suspect it will stay that way.
  • December 10, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • October 4, 2008
    good movie funny and very artistic
  • July 14, 2008
    kool seen want to see
  • July 14, 2008
    The best Benigni film, before his increasing preoccupation with himself.
  • July 14, 2008
    a nice movie who can you laugh
  • July 14, 2008
    Awful. simply awful. The director is a disgrace to all mankind. The only movie worse than this was that other movie he made, pinnochio. And daredevil, that also sucked.
  • July 14, 2008
    Excellent and unusual comedy.

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