Johnny Stecchino

Johnny Stecchino

Sometimes a banana is just a banana!

Directed by Roberto Benigni

Produced by Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Penta Film

1991115 min7.3 / 10

A playful Italian comedy built on mistaken identity and romantic entanglement, where a naive bus driver stumbles into a mafia plot through a femme fatale's seduction.

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Johnny Stecchino sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Johnny Stecchino easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Johnny Stecchino scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Does Johnny Stecchino end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Johnny Stecchino violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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76/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity60

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise91

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love80

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Johnny Stecchino

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Johnny Stecchino

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Johnny Stecchino, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Johnny Stecchino, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Johnny Stecchino, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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