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* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box office disappointment; to date, 2005's ''The Tiger and the Snow'' is his only directorial effort after this film. He has continued to act on stage and film, however, touring Italy with his successful one-man show ''[=TuttoDante=]'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' (in 2019, this time as Geppetto, to much better reception).
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box office disappointment; to date, 2005's ''The Tiger and the Snow'' is his only directorial effort after this film. He has continued to act on stage and film, however, touring Italy with his successful one-man show ''[=TuttoDante=]'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of [[Film/Pinocchio2019 another]] ''Pinocchio'' film adaptation (in 2019, this time as Geppetto, to much better reception).
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* FollowUpFailure: It was the next directing project of Benigni after the acclaimed ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'', and was critically thrashed.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's directing career was thrown into a slump by the film's horrid reception in the United States. At least it did far better in Italy.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box office disappointment, he only directed ''The Tiger and the Snow'' in 2005 afterwards. He has continued to act on stage and film since hower, touring Italy with his successful one-man show ''[=TuttoDante=]'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' (in 2019, this time as Geppetto, to much better reception).
* DawsonCasting: All of the "children" in the movie are played by adults, who are mostly in their 20s or 30s. The film {{HandWave}}s this by saying it takes place in a world where "A child can look like a grown-up, and very often grown-ups can act like children". It gets confusing at times, as it's not always clear who's meant to be a kid and who's meant to be an adult.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box office disappointment, he only directed ''The Tiger and the Snow'' in 2005 afterwards. He has continued to act on stage and film since hower, touring Italy with his successful one-man show ''[=TuttoDante=]'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' (in 2019, this time as Geppetto, to much better reception).
* DawsonCasting: All of the "children" in the movie are played by adults, who are mostly in their 20s or 30s. The film {{HandWave}}s this by saying it takes place in a world where "A child can look like a grown-up, and very often grown-ups can act like children". It gets confusing at times, as it's not always clear who's meant to be a kid and who's meant to be an adult.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's directing career was thrown into a slump by the film's horrid reception in the United States. At least it did far better in Italy.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box officedisappointment, he only directed disappointment; to date, 2005's ''The Tiger and the Snow'' in 2005 afterwards. is his only directorial effort after this film. He has continued to act on stage and film since hower, film, however, touring Italy with his successful one-man show ''[=TuttoDante=]'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' (in 2019, this time as Geppetto, to much better reception).
* DawsonCasting: All of the "children" in the movie are played byadults, adults who are mostly in their 20s or 30s. The film {{HandWave}}s {{handwave}}s this by saying it takes place in a world where "A "a child can look like a grown-up, and very often grown-ups can act like children". It gets can get confusing at times, as it's not always clear who's meant to be a kid and who's meant to be an adult.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box office
* DawsonCasting: All of the "children" in the movie are played by
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/RobertoBenigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of 0%. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort), a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and the role of Geppetto in a more recent adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' success being his one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/RobertoBenigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of 0%. was derided by critics, and was said to have contributed to the film's poor reception overall. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort), a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'', and the role of Geppetto in a more recent adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' success being his one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box office disappointment, he only directed ''The Tiger and the Snow'' in 2005 afterwards. He has continued to act on stage and film since hower, touring Italy with his successful one-man show ''Tutto Dante'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' (in 2019, this time as Geppetto, to much better reception).
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's directing career was heavily impacted by the film's dismal reception and box office disappointment, he only directed ''The Tiger and the Snow'' in 2005 afterwards. He has continued to act on stage and film since hower, touring Italy with his successful one-man show ''Tutto Dante'' ''[=TuttoDante=]'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' (in 2019, this time as Geppetto, to much better reception).
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/RobertoBenigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of 0%. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life is Beautiful'' success being the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''. And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Son of the Pink Panther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/RobertoBenigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of 0%. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and effort), a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and the role of Geppetto in a more recent adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life is Beautiful'' post-''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' success being the his one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''. And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Son of the Pink Panther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
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* InMemoriam: The film was dedicated to costume designer Danilo Donati, who died shortly before the film was released.
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* InMemoriam: The film was is dedicated to its costume designer designer, Danilo Donati, who died shortly before the film was released.
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since this film's 40-million-euro failure. A decade before, he had ''barely'' subverted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/RobertoBenigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Pinocchio'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Life is Beautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
** Nearly two decades later, Benigni would appear in another ''Pinocchio'', but in a role he would have been far better suited for in his own version, as Geppetto.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/RobertoBenigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Pinocchio'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Life is Beautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
** Nearly two decades later, Benigni would appear in another ''Pinocchio'', but in a role he would have been far better suited for in his own version, as Geppetto.
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since this directing career was heavily impacted by the film's 40-million-euro failure. A decade before, dismal reception and box office disappointment, he had ''barely'' subverted this from only directed ''The Tiger and the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau Snow'' in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/RobertoBenigni2005 afterwards. He has stated in several interviews that he wanted continued to do act on stage and film since hower, touring Italy with his version successful one-man show ''Tutto Dante'' and starring in ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' and another adaptation of ''Pinocchio'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Life is Beautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue (in 2019, this project, which was poorly received.
** Nearly two decades later, Benigni would appear in another ''Pinocchio'', but in a role he would have been fartime as Geppetto, to much better suited for in his own version, as Geppetto.reception).
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/RobertoBenigni
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's career got pulverized by the film's horrid reception in the United States but it did far better in Italy.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's directing career got pulverized was thrown into a slump by the film's horrid reception in the United States but States. At least it did far better in Italy.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a ZeroPercentApprovalRating on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's career got pulverized by the film's horrid reception in the United States but it did far better in Italy.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a ZeroPercentApprovalRating zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's career got pulverized by the film's horrid reception in the United States but it did far better in Italy.
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* MissingTrailerScene: Trailers leading up to the movie's release frequently showed a scene of Pinocchio's nose growing so long that it gets stuck inside an apple. That scene was never shown in the actual film.
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/RobertoBenigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life is Beautiful'' success being the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''. And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Son of the Pink Panther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
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* StarDerailingRole: Creator/RobertoBenigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''.0%. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life is Beautiful'' success being the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''. And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Son of the Pink Panther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a '''ZeroPercentApprovalRating''' on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's career got pulverized by the film's horrid reception in the United States but it did far better in Italy.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film a '''ZeroPercentApprovalRating''' ZeroPercentApprovalRating on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's career got pulverized by the film's horrid reception in the United States but it did far better in Italy.
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* CreatorKiller: Benigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since this film's 40-million-euro failure. A decade before, he had ''barely'' subverted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Benigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Pinocchio'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Life is Beautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Benigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Pinocchio'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Life is Beautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
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* CreatorKiller: Benigni's Creator/RobertoBenigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since this film's 40-million-euro failure. A decade before, he had ''barely'' subverted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
* MagnumOpusDissonance:Benigni Creator/RobertoBenigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Pinocchio'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Life is Beautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
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* StarDerailingRole: Benigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life is Beautiful'' success being the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''. And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Son of the Pink Panther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
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* StarDerailingRole: Benigni's Creator/RobertoBenigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life is Beautiful'' success being the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''. And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Son of the Pink Panther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.celebrity.
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* InMemoriam: The film was dedicated to costume designer Danilo Donati, who died shortly before the film was released.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/RobertoBenigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Film/{{Pinocchio 2002}}'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
* StarDerailingRole: Benigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life Is Beautiful'' success the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.\\\ And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
* StarDerailingRole: Benigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life Is Beautiful'' success the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.\\\ And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/RobertoBenigni Benigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Film/{{Pinocchio 2002}}'' ''Pinocchio'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' ''Life is Beautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
* StarDerailingRole: Benigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''LifeIs is Beautiful'' success being the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.\\\ ''[=TuttoDante=]''. And this was after his performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' ''Son of the Pink Panther'' was unanimously mauled by critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
* StarDerailingRole: Benigni's decision to cast himself as the titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life
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* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since the 40-million-euro failure that was his 2002 live-action ''Pinocchio''. A decade before, he ''barely'' averted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since the 40-million-euro failure that was his 2002 live-action ''Pinocchio''. A decade before, he ''barely'' averted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with himself ''himself'' as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film to a '''ZeroPercentApprovalRating''' on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's career got pulverized by the reception in the States but it did far better in Italy.
* CreatorKiller:Creator/RobertoBenigni's Benigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since the this film's 40-million-euro failure that was his 2002 live-action ''Pinocchio''. failure. A decade before, he had ''barely'' averted subverted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
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* StarDerailingRole: Roberto Benigni followed his Oscar-winning film ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' with a live-action version of ''Pinocchio'' with himself playing the title character (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time), which earned a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life Is Beautiful'' success the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.\\\
In fact, Benigni had almost killed his then-unknown career in America almost a decade before. His performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' was unanimously mauled by critics, and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight and earned Benigni a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless celebrity.
In fact, Benigni had almost killed his then-unknown career in America almost a decade before. His performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' was unanimously mauled by critics, and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight and earned Benigni a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless celebrity.
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* StarDerailingRole: Roberto Benigni followed his Oscar-winning film ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' with a live-action version of ''Pinocchio'' with Benigni's decision to cast himself playing as the title character titular protagonist (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time), which time) earned this movie a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life Is Beautiful'' success the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.\\\
In fact, Benigni had almost killed\\\ And this was after his then-unknown career in America almost a decade before. His performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' was unanimously mauled by critics, critics and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight and earned Benigni overnight, earning him a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless hackjob of a celebrity.
In fact, Benigni had almost killed
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 40 million euros ($39.4 million). Box office, 41,323,171 euros ($40.7 million; worldwide). Benigni followed up his Oscar-winning hit ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' by mounting a production of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the classic novel]] with himself as the titular puppet. This casting decision [[WTHCastingAgency was widely mocked by critics]] and along with the poor English dub in the US release, it got the film to a '''ZeroPercentApprovalRating''' on Rotten Tomatoes. Benigni's career got pulverized by the reception in the States but it did far better in Italy.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since the 40-million-euro failure that was his 2002 live-action ''Pinocchio''. A decade before, he ''barely'' averted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
* CreatorKiller: Creator/RobertoBenigni's [[Film/LifeIsBeautiful life hasn't been so beautiful]] since the 40-million-euro failure that was his 2002 live-action ''Pinocchio''. A decade before, he ''barely'' averted this from the ''start'', playing the illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau in the ruthlessly savaged megabomb ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther''.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Creator/RobertoBenigni has stated in several interviews that he wanted to do his version of ''Film/{{Pinocchio 2002}}'' since he was a child. It was only after the success of ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' that he was given the freedom to pursue this project, which was poorly received.
* StarDerailingRole: Roberto Benigni followed his Oscar-winning film ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' with a live-action version of ''Pinocchio'' with himself playing the title character (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time), which earned a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life Is Beautiful'' success the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.\\\
In fact, Benigni had almost killed his then-unknown career in America almost a decade before. His performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' was unanimously mauled by critics, and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight and earned Benigni a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless celebrity.
* StarDerailingRole: Roberto Benigni followed his Oscar-winning film ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' with a live-action version of ''Pinocchio'' with himself playing the title character (keep in mind that Benigni was in his ''fifties'' at the time), which earned a Website/RottenTomatoes rating of '''0%'''. He has barely worked in film since then, with only ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (another directorial effort) and a turn in Creator/WoodyAllen's ''From Rome with Love'' to his credit. He is still a name performer in his native Italy, however, with his biggest post-''Life Is Beautiful'' success the one-man stage show ''[=TuttoDante=]''.\\\
In fact, Benigni had almost killed his then-unknown career in America almost a decade before. His performance as Jacques Gambrelli, Inspector Clouseau's illegitimate son, in ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' was unanimously mauled by critics, and the film completely flopped in theaters overnight and earned Benigni a Razzie Award nomination for Worst New Star. Had it not been for ''Life is Beautiful'', American audiences would've viewed Benigni as a talentless celebrity.
