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A beautiful romantic tragedy, Fév 18 2003
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I agree with what many of the other reviewers have written. This movie remains one of my favorites because of the romance and comedy, as well as the brutal realism. The first time I watched it it was hard to get into, partially because I watched the dubbed version. I think hearing the actors' real voices adds so much emotion and inflection that isn't captured in the dubbing. It is a sweet look into the Italian culture, romance, as well as a glimpse of the tragedy of the Holocaust from the perspective of those who were most affected by it. I personally don't think it ever would have worked, to fool a child like that, children are more perceptive than any of us would think. But that's when you turn around and say "it's just a movie." It was a very well-done movie that touched my heart.
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A Beautiful Life, Nov. 26 2002
I love this movie, because the story is funny and education. It's one of my favorite movies. It made me think about educating the children who are growing up and that future is very important. The director is Roberto Benign. He played a father in this movie. A woman played his wife. In fact, the woman is his real wife.
The story happened in Italy during the war. I thought the father was very brave. He did many things for his family. He gave his son a good childhood. They all lived in a small city in Italy. On time, the father was arrested by soldiers. The government didn't like Italians. So many Italians were killed. The father didn't want his son to be in the shadow of war. He told his son "It is a game." So many people lived with the shadow of war. The father let his son have a good childhood. Many parents just care about material life for their children. Some of them don't care about their minds.
From this movie, it made me think and let me learn about love without pressure. Even though the father had trouble, he would solve it with a smile and
humor. It's really important to have a healthy childhood. He was had high emotional quotient.
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Review For "Life Is Beautiful", Oct. 20 2002
Even though this movie is funny here and there, it is quite flat. The movie is meant to be a Comedy, but all it is really, is joking about the darkest, most terrible time in the 20th history. I still give it a 4 star though, because some parts of it where, I must say, hillarious. The end is a little sad, although not really. The charecters are quite intresting, but the story is pretty flat. It is funny, though, hillarious. So dont watch this movie if you expect to see this tear jerking, grim movie about World War 2.
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A great movie, Aoû 18 2002
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When I first heard of the movie, I didn't think that it would be that great. However, I was wrong. This takes the idea of a Holocaust movie and makes it much more personal than any other movie I've seen. The movie makes the prisioners seem like real people and not just "Random Jew" like in other movies. The one complaint is the Benigni is not "labeled" Jewish until half way through the movie. A must see for any student.
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Benigni is brilliant., Aoû 1 2002
Benigni is brilliant. Only he could pull this off. Thank you, Roberto, for your sense of life and spirit.
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Great film, essentially featureless DVD, Jui 20 2002
Guido is an Italian Jew that owns a bookstore. He meets a gentile woman, they marry and have a son. Then WWII breaks out and the whole family is herded off to a concentration camp. This doesn't sound like the plot synopsis of a comedy, but this is no ordinary comedy. It is a heartwarming affirmation of life, as Guido tries to shield his son from the horrors of the camp by making a game out of it. Guido makes up the rules as he goes along: "You must hide and never let the angry people [the guards] see you - we get 50 points for every day you stay hidden!"There are many things to like about the film. The performances are charming (Benigni won an Oscar as Guido). The screenplay is well-constructed, in that it doesn't shy away from the reality of the holocaust (e.g., Guido's elderly uncle is dispatched in the gas chamber), but can still be sweet and funny. In fact, the jarring effect of arriving at the concentration camp is more pronounced in this film because it's so farcical and lighthearted in the beginning. This DVD version has clean video and audio (at least, on the Italian track - I have not listened to the dubbed version). Unfortunately, as is typical of Mirimax, the extras on the DVD are mostly promotional materials. For example, the Making Of featurette is essentially a half hour of sound bits from people praising the film. Some are convincing, such as the director of the Simon Weisenthal Centre stating how the film is important for raising awareness of the Holocaust. But where are the dissenting views? It is well-known that Steven Spielberg hated the film because he felt it belittled the Holocaust. Another feature is a complete (?) set of about 20 television ads, all of which are about the same, each with a different award that the film won. What's the point of that? There is no commentary, no deleted scenes, etc. All-in-all, there's no reason to buy the DVD over the VHS except possibly for the choice of subtitles/language tracks. Thus, this film is fantastic, and deserves better in the DVD format than this version gives.
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Amazing film!, Mai 31 2002
Don't let the fact that this is a foreign film turn you away. I had never seen a subtitled film & thought I'd pass this one up. I have to admit, I have no idea why, but just thought it may be too distracting. Well, this movie is incredibly made and the story is incredibly told. It is a must see!
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Great Movie, so-so DVD, Déc 30 2001
What can I say about this movie that hasn't been said before? Of course it's one of the best movies of the last twenty or so years. It's one of my favorite movies, and definitely should have been in the running for best picture. Why the 4 stars, then? Because, as much as I love the movie, the DVD really isn't anything special. There's a dubbed and a captioned version, a few commercials, and a trailer. That's about it. Unless you only own a DVD player, just purchase the VHS version and save yourself some money!
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Remember the Theater of the Absurd?, Aoû 31 2001
Roberto Benigni's celebrated affirmation of the human spirit owes a little to "Rhinoceros," Ionesco's absurdist play from the Sixties. There's the same attempt to reduce the worse horror in human history to the absurd. Perhaps this is a way of comprehending something monstrous beyond comprehension. Benigni was criticized in some circles for trivializing the Holocaust, but that is not what he did. He sought to rise above it. I don't know whether he or Ionesco were really successful. On the other hand has anybody-any religion, philosophy or great artist-ever solved the problem of evil in this world?There's something of Charlie Chaplin in Benigni's irrepressible hero, and in the camera work look for the influence of Orson Wells in light and shadow. The strange splashes of color on such places as the concentration camps walls reminded me curiously of Jacque Demy's "Umbrellas of Cherbourg," a wondrous French operetta from the Sixties (starring Catherine Deneuve, music by Michel Legrand). The movie is a little slow at times and we miss a lot of Benigni's mugging as our eyes chase after the subtitles (get the dubbed version), but the central idea, that with our attitudes we create the world, and that life can be beautiful even in the midst of tragedy, is uplifting, if hard to believe.
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Life is beautiful everytime;if you know it's value, Aoû 5 2001
A family's tragedy in Italy during German occupation is told by adding comical elements While exbiting the merciless of the German concentration camps during World War 2, the relation of a father and son is emphasized by the acting talent of the players. This subject has been the theme of many movies for many years. We can't see a different approached in this one. The things the father does for his son are not extraordinary. Every father can do the same things for his son. In my opinion Roberto Benigni as the director and performing the leading role stands out. He was very successful in making people smile and create a comedy and joy for life in spite of such gruesome conditions. Benigni has proved that an ordinary theme can be transformed into a successful movie by bringing an epic tale of love and the human spirit to the screen. The film by itself doesn't deserve the Oscar but Benigni's acting talent gets the reward.
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