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Well Deserved Praise
Softwing
Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Darin
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
henrique_rauen
One of the best comedies I've ever seen! Benigni is a genius and his work as "Loris" is perfect. The script is simple, fun and full of "innocent" jokes! It's a comedy in it's definition. Pure, simple, it makes you laugh in a very sincere way, without the usual stupid jokes we see in sexual comedies nowadays!Remembers me a lot of Charlie Chaplin!The translation to Portuguese (Brazilian Portuguese) is very good, and you don't miss a lot, but if you have the chance to watch it with the original audio, do it!Benigni's acting is great!
gridoon
Roberto Benigni is a gifted physical comedian, but his pre-Oscar "Il Mostro" is best seen with an audience; the laughter helps cover up the dead spots. If you see it home alone, you can still get laughs out of some cleverly constructed gags, but the flatness of Benigni's direction cannot be ignored. (**1/2)
George Parker
"Il Mostro" is a slapsticky romcom about a little unemployed man, Loris (Benigni), who is thought to be a serial sex killer who dismembers his victims. So, it is no surprise when a dinner guest see Loris stumbling toward her from the kitchen with a meat cleaver in his raised hand and a flashlight protruding under the crotch of his pants that she faints. "The Monster" is one long series of such obvious setups with predictable comical outcomes glued together with a meager story involving Loris and a beautiful cop who is out to prove him a sex fiend. Reminiscent of old school visual comics like Charlie Chaplin or Jerry Lewis, Benigni clowns it up in this unsophisticated mildly sexy Italian romp which should be a fun watch for anyone into sight gags and outrageous or ridiculous contrived but predictable situations. (B-)
Tasos Tz.
What an excellent movie 'Il Mostro' is! It is absolutely certain that it will destroy you from the first moment.Make sure you watch it in Italian audio though. A lot of Benigni's (as of course any other actor's) performance comes out of projecting his lines and Benigni always sounds hilarious.And don't expect to see 'scary movie' here. This is quality comedy, with great script and a genius actor.Don't miss it!9/10
