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Summary: Better is "The Little Devil"
Review: The Monster is not Benigni's best movie, but contains a lot of very laughable moments. It's OK. I cannot guess why the american video editors haven't released yet "IL PICCOLO DIAVOLO" ("The Little Devil") by Benigni, in wich the great american actor Walter Matthau plays an exorcist (and Benigni is the Devil). This movie is the very best and the funniest of all Benigni's. Better than Stecchino and The Monster, no doubt. So, please hurry up with this one...!
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Summary: Serial Killer Satire and Slapstick
Review: The squeamish and the vengeful must be forewarned: this film treats a subject mostly untouched by mainstream comics. The format is a combination of slapstick and high satire about the way we judge one another, especially via official channels such as psychiatry and law enforcement.Roberto Benigni plays a prototypical innocent suspected of being a deranged sex killer. Secretly filmed outtakes of his life are rather outrageously reinterpreted by professionals claiming insight into his mind and motives. One is brought to suspect the sanity of those tracking him. Benigni's wife gives a wickedly funny performance as the special police detective assigned to drive him into a sexual frenzy. Many people will not want to see this film because of the subject matter: there is a slight amount of gore and quite a bit of allusions to horrific behavior. The slapstick humor may be hard for some to take given the allusions to wild sexual behavior and grisly homicide. Other, braver souls will find this one of the funniest and most perceptive satires in recent years, to be ranked nearly as high as ~Life is Beautiful~.
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Summary: Benigni and his funny monster
Review: The world certainly needs a funny figure in a class of his own. Some may call it blasphemous to compare Benigni to the likes of Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, however, he is certainly up there where he belongs. This movie will show you why. The plot of the movie is hardly a gem, it is a comedy of errors involving Benigni as a con-man who is mistakenly identified as a serial killer the public call "il monstro" (the monster). Due to the lack of hard evidence on him, a female detective (Benigni's real life sweetheart) is sent to tempt him into a compromising situation so that the police can catch him red-handed. Predictably, the mistake is uncovered and the detective falls for him. What is amazing about Benigni is his seeming lack of effort in drawing laughs. Many remember his antics during the Oscar acceptance speech. It is such spontaneity that makes him an excellent comedian. He also seems infused with an incredible amount of raw comedic energy that you will find refreshing. There is one scene where he recites a string of Chinese words with such passion that it must be awarded the ultimate butchery of a foreign language. And you thought he had a funny English accent. As in "Life is Beautiful," the pair of lovebirds exude an authentic chemistry on screen. Like a transmission to an automobile, a romantic interest is indispensable to a comedy like this. The movie seems to follow the recipe down to a 'T', only in this case, the chef is so amusing that you forget that it is the same burger that you have tasted many times before.
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Summary: "Loris...a normal name. It warms the heart..."
Review: There are a lot of people out there who do not like to watch subtitled movies. They'll base what they see and what they don't on this alone. If you are one of these people, and I must say that I understand how aggravating it is to have to read the whole movie, and that is why you have never seen The Monster, and insist you never will, I must say that you are missing out on something really good.
As for those who have simply never heard of The Monster, let me say that it is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Roberto Benigni is an excellent actor, and a hilarious one too. He is like an Italian version of Jim Carrey, only ten times better.
The Monster, or Il Mostro as it is called in Italian, is about a man named Loris who is a sane enough man, if not a little bit strange. But he is by no means a decent human being. He steals, he lies, he cheats his landlord out of potential buyers of his apartment (yet he won't pay the rent). He places supermarket items on other shoppers at the local grocery as a way to make the alarm systems go crazy, so that he can easily get away with a coat full of stolen goods. At the same time that Loris is doing all these illegal things, another man is going around raping and killing off the female population. Due to some hilarious misunderstanding, Loris is focused in on as being the main suspect. After watching a tape that the police have made of Loris on a "normal day", it is easy to understand why. In order to catch Loris "with his hand in the cookie jar", a policewoman named Jessica is assigned the job of seducing him, and once he responds to her sexual innuendoes, she is to slap on the cuffs and haul him in. After all, that will prove he is some kind of sex maniac, right?
I recommend this movie to Italians who enjoy a good laugh, fans of Benigni and any one else with a sense of humor. I first saw this movie a couple of years ago at my grandparents' house. I have loved it ever since.
Rating:
Summary: "Loris...a normal name. It warms the heart..."
Review: There are a lot of people out there who do not like to watch subtitled movies. They'll base what they see and what they don't on this alone. If you are one of these people, and I must say that I understand how aggravating it is to have to read the whole movie, and that is why you have never seen The Monster, and insist you never will, I must say that you are missing out on something really good.
As for those who have simply never heard of The Monster, let me say that it is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Roberto Benigni is an excellent actor, and a hilarious one too. He is like an Italian version of Jim Carrey, only ten times better.
The Monster, or Il Mostro as it is called in Italian, is about a man named Loris who is a sane enough man, if not a little bit strange. But he is by no means a decent human being. He steals, he lies, he cheats his landlord out of potential buyers of his apartment (yet he won't pay the rent). He places supermarket items on other shoppers at the local grocery as a way to make the alarm systems go crazy, so that he can easily get away with a coat full of stolen goods. At the same time that Loris is doing all these illegal things, another man is going around raping and killing off the female population. Due to some hilarious misunderstanding, Loris is focused in on as being the main suspect. After watching a tape that the police have made of Loris on a "normal day", it is easy to understand why. In order to catch Loris "with his hand in the cookie jar", a policewoman named Jessica is assigned the job of seducing him, and once he responds to her sexual innuendoes, she is to slap on the cuffs and haul him in. After all, that will prove he is some kind of sex maniac, right?
I recommend this movie to Italians who enjoy a good laugh, fans of Benigni and any one else with a sense of humor. I first saw this movie a couple of years ago at my grandparents' house. I have loved it ever since.
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Summary: Side splitting humor!
Review: This is a superb comedy of errors; a supreme farce. I laughed so much my head hurt. Amazing that Benigni not only acts in the film but wrote it. He is the only comedian I have seen whose sex jokes are completely inoffensive because of the premise of innocence. Having a bad day? Here is your cure...
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Summary: The Monster is loose!
Review: This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, period. Roberto Benigni has such a talent for comedy. His facial expressions, the physical comedy, the hilarious dialogue. In the opening scene, he is talking to his boss and his boss tells him that the woman sitting in the chair behind him is a nymphomaniac. I won't spoil it, but let's just say a case of mistaken identity can be quite hilarious when Benigni is involved. C'mon, take a strangers advice. You want to laugh...HARD? BUY THE MONSTER NOW!!!
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Summary: You'll be spitting out your soda
Review: This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, period. Roberto Benigni has such a talent for comedy. His facial expressions, the physical comedy, the hilarious dialogue. In the opening scene, he is talking to his boss and his boss tells him that the woman sitting in the chair behind him is a nymphomaniac. I won't spoil it, but let's just say a case of mistaken identity can be quite hilarious when Benigni is involved. C'mon, take a strangers advice. You want to laugh...HARD? BUY THE MONSTER NOW!!!
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Summary: Benigni's funniest movie
Review: This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Benigni is a genius when it comes to comedy, the modern Charlie Chaplain. After "Life is Beautiful", this is probably his best movie. A sex-crazed serial killer is on the loose and has already killed a dozen women. When the goofy Loris (Benigni) is mistaken for the killer and the local police launch a 24-hour surveillance of his crazy life, the laughs begin and never end. Benigni's real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi, also in "Life is Beautiful", stars in this one as well as a police officer who goes undercover to catch him in the act. She sublets (illegally) his apartment and movies in with him to try to entice him into his sexual psychosis. When normal life fails, she then must dance around the apartment naked shoving her genitalia right into his face. It's a little on the edge, but in the tradition of Benigni comedy, is still quite tasteful. 17 and over only though. Sexually explicit scenes all over the place, but no nudity.
Rating:
Summary: The Monster is loose!
Review: This is the funniest movie I have ever seen! If you want and or need to let loose in a big way this is the movie for you. Hell, have a monster party, you're friends will split their pants.
Chaplan and Keaton must be smiling down from above, Roberto Benigni is Captivating in this comedy of errors. Absolutely riveting, before you know it it's over and you're left wanting more MONSTER!
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