while i love roberto begnini in life be beautiful and johnny stecchino and i really have a hard time enjoy this film though fortunately it get well a the film progress . my big problem with it be that i felt that begnini character be really creepy . while the film be suppose to be a comedy of sort and it wasn not all that funny and he come off a a very needy stalker . last i check and be a stalker be anathema to good comedy . it seem that every night begnini dream about marry a lady and when he finally see this woman ( nicoletta braschi ) in real life and he stalk her . in real life and such a guy would have a restraining order out against him or end up kill his lady love in some sort of psychotic murder suicide spree . others may have laugh at his cute advance towards this poor woman i just felt uneasy . later and this lady travel to iraq just a the war be begin which beg the question be she 100 % insane . and and shortly after arrive and she naturally be severely injured and be die . when begnini find out and he drop everything in rome and travel against all odds to baghdad to do everything he can to save her . this portion of the film be actually pretty sweet and a he work so hard to keep her alive it quite touch and . though once again and i have to remind myself that he be a stalker and travel a couple thousand mile into a war zone because of his bizarre obsession . strength of the film be begnini performance ( though at time and it do come off a essentially the same guy he be in life be beautiful ) and the latter half of the film ( while not great it be light year ahead of the first half ) . deficit be choppy editing and storytelling and occasionally confuse write and an uncomfortable juxtaposition of comedy with tragedy and stalking as well a jean reno inexplicable character his motivation and everything about him seem ill define and confuse . the bottom line be that despite be a very talented man and this be a huge letdown for begnini and isn not an especially good film . watchable but quite flaw . fyi nicoletta braschi be begnini real life wife and they have star in quite a few film together .