Unlike the majority of posters I haven't seen that many Kusturica movies so I can't really comment on the charges of repetition. What I can say is that I found it uneven which is apparently a signature of this filmmaker. It would be wrong to say I was bored by the more tranquil scenes but neither was I doubled over with laughter at the comedy or conscious of a lump in my throat during the pathos. The love interest, Natasa Solak, really is gorgeous and it is a tad improbable that she'd fall so much in love with Slavko Stimac but this is a minor beef because it's equally improbable that Stimac and Solak would survive the scene at the Drina or that love really WOULD find a way against the odds in the final scenes. On the whole I wasn't too aware of the two and a half hours it took to unspool, the set pieces were effective yet it failed to remain with me as I left the theater.
Review of Life Is a Miracle
