Tigre e la neve, La 2005

G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: This film, one of the worst of 2006, almost has to be seen to be believed -- a comedy about a man who goes to Iraq, and, amid a string of comic misadventures, tries to save the life of his love, who has been gravely wounded in a bombing. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Shameless, utterly predictable and grimly unfunny nonsense. Read more

David Germain, Associated Press: Like Life Is Beautiful, The Tiger and the Snow incongruously offers sharp laughs and touches of tenderness amid moments of drama and danger. Read more

Ed Halter, L.A. Weekly: Roberto Benigni here plays out a madcap tale of romantic obsession against the backdrop of the Iraq invasion. The results are neither profound nor funny. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: [Roberto Benigni's] an irritating goofball at times, but there's a genuine sense of tragedy and darkness -- of the most ancient traditions of clowning, in fact -- underneath it all. Read more

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Ed Halter, Village Voice: Neither profound nor funny, but merely uncomfortable. A hubristic failure at risky humor, The Tiger and the Snow provides Benigni his own Michael Richards moment. Read more