"Il Mostro" is a slapsticky romcom about a little unemployed man, Loris (Benigni), who is thought to be a serial sex killer who dismembers his victims. So, it is no surprise when a dinner guest see Loris stumbling toward her from the kitchen with a meat cleaver in his raised hand and a flashlight protruding under the crotch of his pants that she faints. "The Monster" is one long series of such obvious setups with predictable comical outcomes glued together with a meager story involving Loris and a beautiful cop who is out to prove him a sex fiend. Reminiscent of old school visual comics like Charlie Chaplin or Jerry Lewis, Benigni clowns it up in this unsophisticated mildly sexy Italian romp which should be a fun watch for anyone into sight gags and outrageous or ridiculous contrived but predictable situations. (B-)
Review of The Monster
