Life Is Beautiful

1998 "An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all."
8.6| 1h56m| PG-13| en
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A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.

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Also starring Giorgio Cantarini

Reviews

Protraph Lack of good storyline.
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Szabó Szilárd Liked the first half of it. I didn't know what I was going to watch. Downsizing and this movie has a problem in common. Downsizing failed because it started out serious then it went into a comedy.This one started out as a comedy and it kept being funny even in a death camp which is a pretty serious thing. Which it seems by the reviews only a problem for me. Not realistic at all by any means. Not even the time spacing is realistic..Utterly overrated.( Seen over 2000 movies, about 180 of the top250, I gave them about their imdb score. I love movies like Citizen Kane, Casablanca, Star Wars, every work of Hitchcock and Kubrick, Nolan movies, etc.. I can enjoy every genre, I have a great taste. That's the reason when I'm saying this is overrated you should atleast just think about it.)
dcm-20130 When this movie came out people fawned over it like it was the best movie ever. My friends and I watched it and left wondering WTF were critics loving about this movie!!!! The tone changes are not smooth but, jarring and continue throughout the film! It would make sense once or twice during specific events but, the whole film??? No. This is like "A Quiet Place," where the star is the new studio darling so even though the premise and execution are crap, studio-paid critics give the movie high ratings.
adonis98-743-186503 When a Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp. Life is Beautiful has Benigni doing his usual things both in front and behind the camera and unfortunately his humor is quite dated. (4/10)
bunnyx21 In this movie is the power of love for a child from daddy