AN ACCOMPLISHED COMIC, FINDS `MONSTER' LAUGHS.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: June 7, 1996| Author: Denerstein, Robert | Copyright information

Byline: Robert Denerstein Rocky Mountain News Film Critic

The Monster

Grade B

Loris, Roberto Benigni; Detective Jessica Rosetti, Nicoletta Braschi; Taccone, the psychiatrist, Michel Blanc; Loris' landlord, Jean-Claude Brialy. Written and directed by Roberto Benigni. A Cineplex Film Properties release. Unrated: Adult subject matter, a few ribald jokes. Italian with English subtitles. Opens today at the Mayan.

Who's it for? General audienc...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

NO LIE: REVIEW TO COME.(U)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ; Byline: - Glenn Whipp ``Pinocchio starring Roberto Benigni and opening in theaters today, is not being reviewed. The film was unavailable for screening at press time. A review will run later this week. ``Pinocchio which opened in Italy in October to great business and mixed reviews, has suffered
Laughing in hell: Italian's broad humor drives Holocaust comedy
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; Hope floats, but Roberto Benigni is as buoyant as human helium. Benigni is so unstable he's a figment of his own imagination. And he's pretty much remained one in America, too. Although a comic icon in Italy, and despite the universal nature of the sort of physical humor he creates (think Jackie
AN ACCOMPLISHED COMIC, FINDS `MONSTER' LAUGHS.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ; Byline: Robert Denerstein Rocky Mountain News Film Critic The Monster Grade B Loris, Roberto Benigni; Detective Jessica Rosetti, Nicoletta Braschi; Taccone, the psychiatrist ...
"LIFE" WILL TOUCH HEARTS AND FUNNY BONES.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)
The Virginian Pilot ; Byline: MAL VINCENT, MOVIE CRITIC CHILDLIKE INNOCENCE mixes intriguingly with the harsh realities of the real world in Roberto Beningi's wildly entertaining and emotionally challenging fable, ``Life Is Beautiful This all-too-rare example of how to balance comedy and drama can make you laugh or cry
Stupidity Overpowers `Johnny Stecchino'
Chicago Sun-Times ; JOHNNY STECCHINO (STAR) Dante/Johnny Roberto Benigni Maria Nicoletta Braschi D'Agata Paolo Bonacelli Directed by Roberto Benigni. Running time: 100 minutes. Classified R (for language and drug related humor). Opening today at the Fine Arts. `Johnny Stecchino" is, I am told, the highest-grossing