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A rare accomplishment -- a funny comedy!
Maybe the funniest film I've ever seen in my life. This one tops them all -- "Kentucky Fried Movie," "Ishtar," "The Tall Guy" -- you name it. Benigni proves, once again, why he is a comedic genius with this tale of mistaken identity. He plays a bumbling con artist who manages to weasel his way through life without paying for *anything.* After a mishap involving a nymphomaniac and a chainsaw, the cops mistake him for a serial murderer/rapist. As in "Johnny Stecchino," Benigni's gags are wildly inventive. The humor here is some of the raunchiest in memory, though interestingly, it never once becomes offensive. I laughed so hard at this movie that I actually found it impossible to watch the entire film in one sitting -- two back-to-back sequences alone should immortalize the comedian, one involving a grocery store theft and another involving a security film of Benigni dropping a cigarette butt down his pants. You'll laugh so hard, you won't be able to breathe. Unforgettable.

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I can't ever recall anything funnier than this; it's a riot!
Picture the funniest comedians you know, all in one package and you get the monstrously hilarious Roberto Begnini. It just doesn't get funnier than this. This 1996 foreign movie is actually titled Il Mostro with surprisingly refreshing and extremely hilarious scenes that run continuosly throughout the entire movie. There isn't a dull moment. The film with English subtitles is very easy to read, try it. The problem lies here; you may laugh so hard throughout the entire movie, you will miss a lot, therefore, you need to see it twice.

Catch the Monster in the Act. Also in the movie, a policewoman, Jessica (Nicoletta Braschi, Begnini's real-life wife and frequent co-star) is sent to "catch him in the act" of utterly reprehensible behavior. Loris, always a moocher and thief, is about to lose his apartment and lets her sublet with him. She makes a futile attempt at finding him to be the "perverted monster" that the police believe he is. She how she suggestively attempts to seduce him. To watch Begnini's bewildered face is hysterical as he embarrasingly and innocently tries to ignore the sexual displays.

Cigarette in the Pants. Some creative, situations emerge when, under surveillance, Loris is distracted by the backside of a beautiful shapely woman who bends over to pick something up; he accidently loses his cigarette in his baggy pants. It burns him, in the front - right you know where! He shakes it, pummels it, thrashes and beats it to ease the burning pain. Finally, he pours water on it, and after a great sigh of relief, has to twist and wring the soaking wet spot, (the private area of his pants.) Imagine the videotape that the surveillance camera picks up in its attempt to identify him a pervert.

Try this movie, there are so many creatively humorous scenes, it just doesn't stop. Also, for a great laugh, see Benigni as "Johnny Stecchnio". Excellent good unique humor. ....MZRIZZ

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European style funny
I think people who experienced living in Europe may find this movie much funnier than those who did not. It should be of no surprise that this is probably the highest grossing movie in Italy whereas in the US it received sub-par reviews.