Life Is Beautiful

Pros: A beautifully written story.
Cons: A sad movie...

Picture this, the setting is in Italy during the holocaust. Nazi's flood the area and destroy the jewish families that are living in the area. Follow the journey of one man who finds love but then is torn when he is sent into a concentration camp....

Pros: Roberto Benigni's performance, the story
Cons: not much emphasis on the concentration camps or realism in that regard

It's been several years since this movie has come out (1997) and it was only recently that I had the opportunity to watch it. My preconceived notions of the movie when it was originally aired in the theaters was that it was almost a joke. At the time,...

Pros: It combines humor and drama to perfection
Cons: Holocaust is a touchy subject for some people and it is in subtitles

For anyone who has not seen this movie...Go out right now and rent it. It is one of the all time greatest films (at least in my opinion). Roberto Begnini did just about everything in this film (writing, directing, acting, etc.). For those who don't...

Pros: Beautiful story, well cast actors, great message to live by.
Cons: None.

Life is Beautiful (La Vita è bella)
Year of Release: 1997
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
Genre: Comedy/Romance/War
Category: Foreign Film
Runtime: 118 min
Label: Buena Vista...

Pros: Benigni, his performance, his cast, his movie!
Cons: Nothing, unless you can't cry at movies

Despite the fact that there are already close to 200 reviews on site on this movie , I couldn’t watch it without adding my voice to the choir of its praises. I have to say I think it one of the best movies ever made, in any genre by anyone, ever. It...

Pros: beautiful story about the power of love
Cons: the fact that the Holocaust actually happened

When I was a senior in high school, I recall many of my teachers referencing this movie and suggesting that all of us see it. The chaperones on my February trip to the Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C., were especially emphatic in their praise of...

Pros: Benigni's writing, directing and acting, film's structural and rhetorical tightness.
Cons: Bratschi's wooden performance; Holocaust theme, while sensitively handled, may offend some.

When this film was released I had my doubts. A Holocaust comedy? A father convincing his kid that the concentration camp is a game? Roberto Benigni's antics didn't inspire confidence either.

Just minutes into the film I was a believer.
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Pros: funny, good plot
Cons: NONE

When I saw this movie, I thought it was going to be stupid because you have to read the subtitles because the actors only speak Italian. But later you get so into this movie, that reading the subtitles do not annoy you. This movie has a healthy sense...

Pros: Very inspiring, funny, sentimental.
Cons: Will make you cry.

Whether you are a fan of sentimental dramas or action or history movies, you will LOVE this one, GUARANTEED.
Holocaust is a very hard topic. It's hard to believe that this movie was also funny, because there is nothing funny about Holocaust. It's...

Pros: Laughter and tears blend in a tale of courage and unconditional love.
Cons: Some say Benigni trivialized the concentration camp experience--but I disagree.

Pros: Touching movie
Cons: none

Life Is Beautiful is a terrific movie. It's a movie that my entire family enjoyed which is highly unusual since there are 6 of us!

It is about a Jew and his family who are taken to a concentration camp. Since the couple had a young child,...

Pros: Beautifully portrayed the sacrifice a father will do for his son; very animated
Cons: Subtitles

I watched "Life is Beautiful" last night on DVD and Roberto Benigni was absolutely WONDERFUL!!!
This movie showed how resilient a parent can be when faced with consequences that can affect his son. Roberto Benigni was Guido and he was a good waiter....

Pros: You'll Laugh, You'll Cry.
Cons: Movie Changes Drastically After the First Half

In the last few years I have really grown to dislike American cinema. Everything released lately has been done time and time again; diversity is really hard to find in any genre in modern days. This is why I simply try to pass over pretty much every Ameri ...

Pros: Roberto Benigni, an excellent cast and a touching and enjoyable plot.
Cons: None.

“La Vita è bella”/ “Life is Beautiful” (Rated: PG [UK] / PG-13 [US]), Directed by Roberto Benigni Before seeing this Italian film for the first time not too long ago, I had heard many great things about this treble Oscar winning ...

Pros: Terrific story and performances
Cons: None

Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful is the sort of film that exemplifies the power of cinema: it's art without pretension, hope without fear, dreams without restrictions. Although it has been criticized as a sanitization of the Holocaust, the...