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Fun and well balance tragicomedy that deserve a wider audience (beyond Italy) because the topic is unfortunately international. Well acted and some twist here and there spiced up with some crazy stuff make this film pretty enjoyable!

I really liked the German original, so I watched this expecting it to be a different movie but in the same vein and of course with Mussolini. But I quickly realized that it's not a movie in the same vein, but essentially the exact same movie with the exact same plot. So if you have already seen "Er ist wieder da / Look Who's Back" there is really no point in watching this move, as you already know the entire plot.

Yet Hitler and Mussolini are not exactly interchangeable, but in this movie they might as well be as it makes very little to no changes to the original script. But since the original script wasn't written with Mussolini in mind, simply switching Hitler with Mussolini doesn't always work and almost always feels forced.

That said, it's not a bad movie. It just doesn't add anything new to the original aside from switching the main character to Mussolini. But if you haven't watched the original yet and would rather want to see an Italian movie than a German one, go for it. But otherwise stick with the German original (it really is the same movie anyway).

The movie per se is not a bad movie, especially for its plot. Sadly, the plot is exactly the same as the German movie "Er Ist Wieder Da", of which this film should be a "remake".

Rather than a remake, the film looks like a tremendous copy, probably made with the hope of taking advantage of an idea which clearly was successful, speaking of earnings.

It could have been interesting if the movie, for instance, started with the same situation of its German "brother", but evolved differently. Instead, avery single situation, and every single evolution in the plot is taken from Er Ist Wieder Da. Basically, it's the same film with switched characters.

This said, let's ignore the terrible feeling of dejà vu which impends over the movie.

A (very) positive note is for the acting skills of the starring actor Massimo Popolizio, who with great ability reminds Mussolini in his gestures and language.

A negative note is for the co-starring actor, Francesco Matano, who apparently is not capable of being another character but himself. One could wonder if the choice of an actor with such arguable acting skills could be related just to his popularity as a (former?) web-star, in the hope of selling more tickets, without taking great care of the quality of the product.

This movie hides so much truth about today's society,all under the gentle and subtle humor. It is a non-politica movie,despite it being about Mussolini.

Let me start by saying that I really like Matano, but he's not an actor. Instead the actor that played Mussolini did an amazing job. I found some scenes really funny, for example the dog one. I liked a lot the ending sequence inside the car, where you can see normal people reactions to him. Makes you wonder if a government like his would work again, and if people would like it, since it seems that they want it. I know the movie is a remake/adaptation of another movie so I will check the other one soon in order to compare the two movies with one another. I belive to have read that it takes place in Germany and has Adolf Hitler in it.