Life is Beautiful
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An inspired motion picture masterpiece, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL was nominated for 7 Academy Awards(R) — winning 3 Oscars, including one for Best Actor Robert Benigni. In this extraordinary tale, Guido (Benigni) — a charming but bumbling waiter who’s gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor — has won the heart of the woman he loves and created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II … and Guido must rely on those very same strengths to save his beloved wife and son from an unthinkable fate! Honored with an overwhelming level of critical acclaim, this truly exceptional, utterly unique achievement will lift your spirits and capture your heart!Amazon.com
Italy’s rubber-faced funnyman Roberto Benigni accomplishes the impossible in his World War II comedy Life Is Beautiful: he shapes a simultaneously hilarious and haunting comedy out of the tragedy of the Holocaust. An international sensation and the most successful foreign language film in U.S. history, the picture also earned director-cowriter-star Benigni Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Actor. He plays the Jewish country boy Guido, a madcap romantic in Mussolini’s Italy who wins the heart of his sweetheart (Benigni’s real-life sweetie, Nicoletta Braschi) and raises a darling son (the adorable Giorgio Cantarini) in the shadow of fascism. When the Nazis ship the men off to a concentration camp in the waning days of the war, Guido is determined to shelter his son from the evils around them and convinces him they’re in an elaborate contest to win (of all things) a tank. Guido tirelessly maintains the ruse with comic ingenuity, even as the horrors escalate and the camp’s population continues to dwindle–all the more impetus to keep his son safe, secure, and, most of all, hidden. Benigni walks a fine line mining comedy from tragedy and his efforts are pure fantasy–he accomplishes feats no man could realistically pull off–both of which have drawn fire from a few critics. Yet for all its wacky humor and inventive gags, Life Is Beautiful is a moving and poignant tale of one father’s sacrifice to save not just his young son’s life but his innocence in the face of one of the most evil acts ever perpetrated by the human race. –Sean Axmaker
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This movie was more over rated than KISS. Okay so the boy gets to ride in a tank at the end. I’ve rode in a tank… but do i have an oscar. No. If you will excuse me i have to go was the pizza out of my mouth that went rancid will i was watching this movie. Okay it wasn’t that ad, i recomened it to forein film lovers and frat boys.
Rating: 3 / 5
Life is Beautiful
The worst thing about this movie is the stock phrases and now-meaningless cliches it made so many of you use to praise its invisible virtues.
Rating: 2 / 5
Life is Beautiful
if you compared this film to superior films like schindler’s list, this would be a 0.000000000001 star out of 5. on its own merits, this film is still awful. there can be no more unlikeable protagonist than roberto benigni. he really is the most annoying person in the world, which makes for an unsympathetic look at a horrible tragedy.
Rating: 1 / 5
Life is Beautiful
apart from some b-movies. this is the worst movie i ever saw in my life. we watched it back then in school, so i couldnt escape its idiocity
how anyone with half a brain could think this film is good is beyond me. i even saw it in original italian back then, that didnt make it less awful tho.
the movie had no point, it had an incredibly weak, foreseeable plot, bad acting (although i might be biased here because i hate begnini), and the most unrealistic, childish…way the holocaust was ever displayed.
it is one of those works of “art” (may it be books or movies), that no one would ever, ever care or even hear about, if they didnt touch that one topic that polarizes the ppl so much. but if you are not a sheep, and actually dare to say any anti-holocaust movie isnt good, you can see through this one very easily and what you see is a very, very, bad b-movie
Rating: 1 / 5
Life is Beautiful
I hope this movie is taken as a fairy tale about holocaust. This movie tries to uplift the topic of holocaust. It’s too depressing right? Let’s then involve benini and he will lighten up our heavy hearts! It is insulting to people who had families in holocaust. I can asure everybody that children knew everything and were not spared cruelty of nazis. Only benini can create such a farce.
Rating: 1 / 5
Life is Beautiful