Industry Reviews "...[A] magnificent film....Real emotional strength..." Sight and Sound - p.46 - Colin MacCabe "...[Benigni] succeeds, to an extraordinary degree, in reviving the neo-Technicolor lushness and affectionate...
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Industry Reviews "...[A] magnificent film....Real emotional strength..." Sight and Sound - p.46 - Colin MacCabe "...[Benigni] succeeds, to an extraordinary degree, in reviving the neo-Technicolor lushness and affectionate screwball rhythms of postwar Hollywood....A delicate romance spiked with antifascist farce..." Entertainment Weekly - p.54 - Owen Gleiberman "...[Benigni] puts a serious spin on his comic genius..." Premiere - p.29 - Glenn Kenny "...Mr. Benigni effectively creates a situation in which comedy is courage. And he draws from this an unpretentious, enormously likable film that plays with history both seriously and mischievously..." New York Times - p.E14 - Janet Maslin "...[The film] explores the power of laughter to lift the human spirit even in the face of extreme tragedy..." Box Office - Lael Loewenstein (07/01/1998) "...[Benigni is] one of the world's most irresistibly funny people. A mischief-maker percolating with infectious energy and a machine-gun verbal style, he blends an Everyman aura with the ability to infuse his characters with believable innocence..." Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (10/23/1998) Quotations "Buon giorno, principessa!"--Guido (Roberto Benigni) to Dora (Nicoletta Braschi) "No spiders or Visigoths allowed."--Guido to his son, Giosué (Giorgio Cantarini) "You can lose all your points for any one of three things. One--if you cry. Two--if you ask to see your mother. Three--if you're hungry and ask for a snack! Forget it!"--Guido to Giosué "We play the part of the real mean guys who yell."--Guido, supposedly translating a German soldier "Don't ask for any lollipops. We eat them all."--Guido, still translating a German soldier "They make buttons and soap out of us."--Giosué to Guido "Fat, fat, ugly, ugly, all yellow in reality, if you ask me what I am, I answer 'cheep, cheep, cheep.' Walking along I go, 'poo poo.' What am I? Tell me true."--Dr. Lessing (Horst Bucholz) to Guido
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