Sorry everyone but I thought this was a real turkey shoot. The humour was contrived, hammy & very lame. I guess my major reason for disliking this film was as a consequence of Benigni being both the egotistical director & star. He certainly gave himself centre stage. While his screen & real life wife was obsequiously adoring & dippy, & his screen son was just a mail-order doll for pathos. Roberto was a totally foolish character, who was unable to raise any empathy with me. We don't actually get to see who shoots Roberto - but I would be more than happy to admit to pulling the trigger.The fact that this farce was set during the infamous holocaust was not a problem for me - but clearly offensive to some people. I suspect that people who cried during this film, would also have cried during "Pretty Woman". As both films make a fairytale out of a harsh reality.