Well, yesterday night I went to see the ultra-highly anticipated new Benigni's movie. La Tigre e La Neve is nice...just nice, not more. Shot with a very big budget and some co-stars, Tom Waits that plays the small role of a singer and a very good Jean Reno that speaks Italian all movie long, La Tigre e La Neve has got too many limits, in the screen writing and in the acting. The story is too superficial, love, poetry, trying to take people to commotion...but I found no commotion, not a huge of feelings, only good acting from the star, even if he's so far from his past masterworks, and some funny moments. Nicola Piovani's music is boring and boring, but the song written and played by Tom Waits is OK. The worst thing in the movie, as usual, is Nicoletta Braschi. Why does she keep trying to act? Something else to do in life? No? She's Benigni's wife, and that's the only reason I can find for her embarrassing presence in EVERY MOVIE he releases.Of course, this movie is going to become a blockbuster here in Italy and I think it could do very well in other territories. But please, don't call it a masterpiece!!!!! It's just a nice movie...better than the megalomaniac Pinocchio but nothing more.
Review of The Tiger and the Snow
