Rotten
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.
Ed Halter, L.A. Weekly
The Tiger and the Snow
A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.
2005 · 1h 54m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Roberto Benigni
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The Tiger and the Snow
Overview
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
Director and cast
- Roberto Benigni Director
- Roberto Benigni as Attilio de Giovanni
- Jean Reno as Fuad
- Nicoletta Braschi as Vittoria
- Tom Waits as Himself / Sè stesso
- Emilia Fox as Nancy Browning
- Giuseppe Battiston as Ermanno
- Andrea Renzi as Dottor Guazzelli
- Lucia Poli as Signora Serao
- Gianfranco Varetto as Avvocato Scuotilancia
- Anna Pirri Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Like Life Is Beautiful, The Tiger and the Snow incongruously offers sharp laughs and touches of tenderness amid moments of drama and danger.
David Germain, Associated Press
Rotten
The only award Benigni's misconceived and unfunny The Tiger and the Snow could possibly win is for Worst Movie of 2006.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Rotten
Shameless, utterly predictable and grimly unfunny nonsense.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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