Customer Reviews

The Monster [Il Mostro ,1994] (Import , All Regions)

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DVD was easy to set up. I watched it in Italian with English subtitles and subtitles were clear and easy to read. It's a funny movie. It was recommended to me by my Italian Professor.

IF YOU WANT TO GIVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT THIS MOVIE IS WONDERFUL. IT IS VERY FUNNY!! ROBERTO BENIGNI IS FUNNY EVEN WHEN NOT DOING ANYTHING!! LOVE THIS MOVIE

This intensely comic film is completely unknown to the North American public. The hilarious scenes abound; at a certain point, you feel overwhelmed by laughter.

It took me forever to find this film at a decent price. When I got it, it worked well, and I am just really happy to have this movie as it's one of my favorites. However, when I got it, it smelled like plastic and from the printing on the DVD it was really clear that the seller had printed this themselves. I'm not sure that they have the authorization to do that, but I am sure that it was printed by them.

Roberto Benigni is a comedian genius without a doubt, yet many of his movies have a nostalgic and profound depth to them like "Life is Beautiful," and "Tiger in the Snow." However, "The Monster" is nothing but a pure undiluted 100% comic explosion. It is NOT an exaggeration that you may as very well pee yourself laughing because you will not be able to catch your breath between the bouts of laughter :)
If you ever feel too blue to do anything else, please watch Il Mostro and simply let your brain be flooded with crazy happy endorphins :)
Happy watching!

This is one of Benigni's best movies. It is a really good slapstick comedy. The English dubbing is pretty bad, however. The DVD does have the option to listen to it in Italian (so you can actually hear Benigni instead of what sounded like a Korean guy) with English subtitles, so that is good.

The dvd does play in the various languages as stated. Depending on one's need or expectation though.....the English subtitles are incomplete. I gave it as a gift to my Italian instructor, only to find out when viewing it in Italian with English subtitles (for his classes) the subtitles are incomplete. It doesn't have subtitles for all the dialogue and for each character speaking. If this isn't a need or a factor, you will be very happy with the DVD.