Mio dio! What to make of this movie? Roberto Benigni plays Guido….. that’s not the only culturally insensitive thing in this movie, so buckle up. Guido is a Jewish Italian dolt in and around the world war 2 era. He plays these affable little pranks like stealing people’s clothing (or significant others), impersonating government officials, and all around things that would annoy anyone in any culture. It’s a hoot! “Now, DMS, wouldn’t framing this movie that ends up at a…

In maybe the most accurate portrayal of day-to-day American life ever put to film, this film, at its heart, is about humans - racist humans - or as I like to call them AMERICAN humans! Everyone knows that on a trip to the grocery store or while pumping gas in the US, you’ll run into a host of Americans hurling racial epithets your way. It’s ludacris! Look at this cast - we got cheadle, bullock, newton, howard, dillon, fraiser (Brendan,…

Andrew is an aspiring drummer and probably a malignant narcissist. Max Roach! Buddy Rich! Gene Krupa! It’s jazz baby! Don’t take it too seriously-ENTER FLETCHER. Fletcher is just a regular ole narcissist who regularly physically abuses his students. And noone really does anything about it. I’d be all “Ayo you wanna slap me?! Me?! *boom bap boom boom boom bap*” and haul off on ole dude. NOBODY SLAPS ME IN THE FACE, ESPECIALLY NOT JK SIMMONS! Andrew tries dating a…

Oliver meets Jenny in a library, where she berates him into a date despite having no previous contact with him. She’s a working class gal, you see, while Oliver? He’s preppy! Get used to hearing “preppy” used as a pet name entirely too much in this movie. She was a girl, he was a boy, can I make it ANYmore OBVious? Mambo Olly No. 4 plays ice hockey, while Jen Jen studies and performs classical music. Did that defy your…