this be a major disappointment and especially after the profound la vita e bella . have be a great fan of benigni for year since down by law . interestingly and the usual suspect be round up again a the same tom wait from that flick of twenty year ago be recruit to appear in this one in the part of a musician in a marriage . the set be simplistic and theatrical . the character overload with mannerism that better work in theater than on the silver screen . the plot be overly center on benigni and a if the entire movie be only about him . there be many mini plot that be basically recycled comedy circuit gag ( something benigni have do plenty in pinocchio ) . i be somewhat surprised that season producer decide to finance this motion picture . it seem that analyst do not do a good job in measure what audience it would address and which end up only be benigni fan reside in italy . the end result be hardly an export cash cow and a la vita e bella turn out to be . to gain some traction in the export market and a motion picture should have some depth in character development and which this motion picture completely lack . a point of interest and however and be the portrayal of american soldier and iraqi prisoner in post war iraq . this could be the first fictional motion picture with such a portrait . the very young marine be see in a sympathetic light .