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The Tiger and the Snow
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22 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 6 out of 10
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    60
    Like an Iraq-war mirror image of "Life Is Beautiful," actor-director Roberto Benigni's The Tiger and the Snow re-runs the successful structure and comic persona of the 1998 Oscar-winning film in a trippy fantasia about a poet who follows his love to hell and, in this happier ending, back.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    Benigni clearly intends to make some impassioned statements about the futility of war, the power of romance, the enduring strength of optimism. However, the once-appealing innocence of his exuberant persona has become curdled over time.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    50
    A winsome, charming and irresistibly romantic picture, and also a profoundly self-involved one that has nothing whatever to do with Iraq or war or much of anything else besides the butterfly-like spirit of Roberto Benigni. But I guess that combination makes it a great holiday selection choice for certain disheveled, liberal family groups. Mine, for instance.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    40
    Perhaps a greater passage of time was needed to provide a more effective historical perspective, but "Tiger" has a bigger problem with a dramatic structure that sags conspicuously in the middle, never to completely correct itself.
  5. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    38
    Benigni's artfully composed images are as empty as his political convictions.
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Halter
    20
    The results are neither profound nor funny, but merely uncomfortable. A hubristic failure at risky humor, The Tiger and the Snow provides Benigni his own Michael Richards moment.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    0
    The longer the movie goes on, the more annoying Benigni's infantile behavior becomes.
  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    0
    Remember that manic, rambling Oscar acceptance speech, when Benigni leapt around the auditorium? That might have been charming for two or three minutes, but imagine two hours of it.
  9. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    0
    It doesn't seem possible that a film with both the formidable Reno and Waits could be all bad, but The Tiger and the Snow is precisely so.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    0
    A scorching affront to Italians, Iraqis and the intelligence of movie audiences everywhere.
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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. huranura
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Everybody see Benigni only as comedian, but it's clear how deep character he is, so, another love story from him as director,certainly playing "real-life" Benigni (is he actually playing?), searching for society approval like individuality, but he is certain about war and crimes disapproval (Iraq theme), and he finds love as the only response to everything bad and odd..Must see, must think.… Full Review »
  2. LeeXXXXXXXX
    10
    Only if you have yourself been hopeless and deeply in love will you be able to understand the complexity of someone like Begnini's character in this film. He loves his wife. And, he loves her completely. Indeed, he may have strayed. Nonetheless, his commitment to this woman is all he now knows. She is his everything, his every thought. She completes his day, his night, his every breath...and, without her. As he said to the old Arab pharmacist, there is nothing left...on this earth.… Full Review »
  3. DanF
    9
    I couldn't believe it when I saw this in the lowest rated movies...I now have undeniable proof that movie critics are on crack. This was a fantastic, lighthearted, enjoyable movie. I've seen it numerous times, and loved every minute of it.… Full Review »
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