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Life Is Beautiful

37 Ratings: 3.8

An Italian drama/comedy written by, directed by, and starring Roberto Benigni.

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 … see full wiki

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Cast: Roberto Benigni, Marisa Paredes, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Nicoletta Braschi, Lydia Alfonsi, see all

Director: Roberto Benigni

Genre: Foreign

Release Date: October 23, 1998

MPAA Rating: PG-13

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Quick Tip by cyclone_march. October 07, 2010

posted in Love of Foreign Films

A Quick Tip by cyclone_march

The way the camp life is handled in this film is repulsive. I think there might be ways to inject some humor, but the Buster Keaton manner was disgusting.

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Quick Tip by gmosaki. July 14, 2010

posted in Love of Foreign Films

A Quick Tip by gmosaki

This film makes you laugh while showing a sad time in Italian history.

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Quick Tip by EcoMama. March 29, 2010

posted in Reel Overseas

A Quick Tip by EcoMama

Realistic life story that will make you laugh and cry! Great to see this masterpiece with older children.

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review by ElectricRay. July 15, 2003

posted in Movie Hype

5 star comedy - not so sharp on the Holocaust

There are very few films you can watch in a foreign language with subtitles which will make you laugh out loud. Life is Beautiful will do so from beginning to end. Benigni is a motor-mouthed genius, the script and screen play devilishly inventive and impishly funny all the way along.It's certainly no flat-out rib-tickler: The experiences of a Jewish Italian waiter and his family in a concentration camp could hardly be wall to wall slapstick. (Well, in Mel Brooks' capable hands, maybe - but Benigni … more

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review by Fudge23. June 25, 2000

Flawed but powerful still

Pros: Heart Felt, Historical Film Cons: Not 100% believable Life as is beauty is in the eye of the beholder if you believe this film. In the face of unspeakable tragedy the main character tries to shield his son and wife from it all. In the larger sense, he succeeds but at his own peril. A poignant love story is the best way to sum this movie up. A brillant Jewish waiter makes light of all of the negative elements in his life … more

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