I had heard this film to be "better" than "Life Is Beautiful": I write the word better in scare quotes, because whether a film is better or worse is something subjective according to me, so it was very surprising to me the film marketed as a better humorous take on the Holocaust. I am afraid, in my opinion, not only it is a worse film, but it is also a film that reminded me of those mindless Hollywood musicals like "Carousel", etc. If you like that genre, you will like this film; if you fall for some exaggerated humour at Jew avarice, then you may fall for this one; if you like shapeless characters playing roles of bumpkins and dolts, then you may; otherwise, there is nothing here, least of all to even take its name in the same breath as the great Benigni film "Life Is Beautiful".
I would have forgiven the almost-universal bad acting and the long drawn-out scenes of this film had the film made me laugh, being supposed to be a comedy: however, the film failed to manage even a single laugh (!) during its whole course. And the same was the case with the audience packing the hall: around hundred people not even managing one single guffaw between them in this grindingly boring film. Avoid at all costs.
I would have forgiven the almost-universal bad acting and the long drawn-out scenes of this film had the film made me laugh, being supposed to be a comedy: however, the film failed to manage even a single laugh (!) during its whole course. And the same was the case with the audience packing the hall: around hundred people not even managing one single guffaw between them in this grindingly boring film. Avoid at all costs.