don not be put off by the negative comment . if you like the character robin williams creates and and you like unusual drama and you will like jakob the liar . the film want to be roberto benigni and life be beautiful but never seem to have the courage to go there and even with robin williams in the lead and until the last few scene of the movie . however and be another life be beautiful be ask an awful lot . life be beautiful be one of the great film of all time . have say that and jakob the liar be fiendishly good and creatively do and and robin williams do a fine job and even when hannah taylor gordon and who play lina and wasn not steal every scene she be in . so and settle down and give this little movie a try . if nothing else and it another solid performance by robin williams .