La tigre e la neve (The Tiger and the Snow)

La tigre e la neve (The Tiger and the Snow) (2005)

  • 17% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 83% of users liked it
    (7,850 ratings)

A love-struck poet travels into the heart of wartime Iraq in hopes of rescuing the woman he loves in Academy award-winning director Roberto Benigni's affecting tale of love and devotion. A kind poet and father to his daughters, a respected lecturer and literary figure to his students, and a… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Vincenzo Cerami
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 29, 2006 Wide
Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle

    This film, one of the worst of 2006, almost has to be seen to be believed -- a comedy about a man who goes to Iraq, and, amid a string of comic misadventures, tries to save the life of his love, who has been gravely wounded in a bombing.

  • David Germain, Associated Press

    Like Life Is Beautiful, The Tiger and the Snow incongruously offers sharp laughs and touches of tenderness amid moments of drama and danger.

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    The only award Benigni's misconceived and unfunny The Tiger and the Snow could possibly win is for Worst Movie of 2006.

  • Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

    Shameless, utterly predictable and grimly unfunny nonsense.

  • Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

    Perhaps a greater passage of time was needed to provide a more effective historical perspective, but Tiger has a bigger problem with a dramatic structure that sags conspicuously in the middle, never to completely correct itself.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Carlos M


    Roberto Begnini repeats the same formula of his successful masterpiece Life is Beautiful, which makes this film look unoriginal, but nonetheless it is funny, touching and has a beautiful ending.

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "The Tiger and the Snow," Attilio(Roberto Benigni, who also co-wrote and directed) is an absentminded poet and divorced father of two girls. He has been having dreams where he is marrying Vittoria(Who else but Nicoletta Braschi?) while he is wearing… More

  • Panta O


    Watching this movie makes you happy... it's like a drug! Roberto Benigni goes under your skin with his unbelievable actions and you can see the life in full colour! People who can not understand this movie should not write reviews... they are simply lost for art forever!… More

  • Daisy M


    La tigre e la neve was a movie with a mix of drama and comedy. This made the story became very interesting and enjoyable. And off course Benigni, who was so funny sometimes. It had a simple plot although, a man discovers that the woman he loves was badly injured in a hospital in… More

  • Janice :


    Roberto Benigni's performance is undoubtedly filled with years of acting expertise yet a character may be grandiose although the storyline is awful... yes this is the case here. I cannot really review this movie seeing as my lazy person decided it best to watch half of it… More

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