Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) Reviews and Ratings



  • June 30, 2009
    My sister persuaded me to watch and it was a good move. What an amazing movie. The little kid was excellent in it I am suprised he didn't go on to do more Films. Loved the way the movie played with your emotions, such a fun film and yet such a sad ending.
  • June 25, 2009
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  • June 24, 2009
    Superb film ! How sad and sympathetic this film was. It's good to see how World War 2 was told from a different angle. Roberto's exellent though.
  • June 23, 2009
    very sad but good too
  • June 23, 2009
    This movie just left me speechless.
  • June 21, 2009
    A great movie about a wonderful dad. Perfect for Father's Day.
  • June 20, 2009
    this was the most beautiful movie i have ever seen. the acting, the scenery, the dialogue, the characters: what an amazing movie!!!!!!! i cried through the entire second half...powerful
  • June 18, 2009
    One of the few films I can describe as both happy and tragic at the same time.
  • June 18, 2009
    power of life, imagination and believing... he promised a tank... and a tank appeared :))
  • June 17, 2009
    ..yeah that's true!!
  • June 15, 2009
    La Vita è bella, es una película italiana de 1997 en la que se narra la historia de un judío que es llevado con su familia a un campo de concentración nazi, donde utilizará todos los recursos a su alcance para mantenerlo a salvo.

    Al conocer a grandes rasgos el argumento...( read more) de la cinta no se puede apreciar el increíble trabajo que es; ya que, con decenas de películas al año sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial, es necesario un guión convincente y una producción de calidad para, al menos, sobresalir del montón.La Vita è bella consigue eso y más.

    La película se divide en dos partes bien diferenciadas; la primera es una comedia romántica al más puro estilo europeo, en esta parte se nos presentan a los personajes y se deja entrever el contexto histórico de la película; el cuál no se mostrará por completo hasta la segunda mitad, desarrollada algunos años después.

    La segunda parte se desarrolla durante el régimen nazi y nos presenta a la familia que se formó en la primera parte siendo llevados a un campo de concentración, donde son separados y se puede atestiguar los horrores del aislamiento y el exterminio; Guido (el padre) hace hasta lo imposible para proteger a su hijo, usando su imaginación y sin dudar en arriesgarse, hace creer al pequeño que todo es aprte de un juego.

    La Vita è bella es una obra del arte italiano que utiliza una cámara fenomenal, ambientación fiel, además de un guión creativo y bien desarrollado para llevar un mensaje a la audiencia; pues nos presenta al amor como algo incondicional, no solo sensible, sino algo racional y humano que termina siendo más poderoso que las pasiones del hombre llevadas al extremo.

    Siendo una de las películas más importantes de la década pasada; recurre a la actuación como elemento principal para soportar el guión y, aunque la dirección de Benigni resulta impecable, es sostenida por un gran trabajo de edición que da en conjunción una película ágil y amena que no dejará a nadie indiferente.

    La Vita è bella es una de esas películas que se ven mejor con el paso del tiempo y que nos hacen darnos cuenta de que no debe haber mayor bien para el ser humano que la vida.

    ****1/2
  • June 15, 2009
    Good touching film, guy won the oscar over edward nortons american history x tho :/:/
  • June 12, 2009
    I thought this was a really good movie. I also think it was one of my first forays into foreign films.

    After Like Water for Chocolate.
  • June 11, 2009
    A very nice movie about a father's love of his son. Truly touching. Made me cry.
  • June 9, 2009
    I Love it!!!!
    True meaning of the real life.
  • June 7, 2009
    Heard some pretty bad critics on this, mainly because they think it lightens the second World War. Still think it's really well done and shows how important attitudes are.
  • June 7, 2009
    AWWWw lindaa lindaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • June 7, 2009
    A fairytale romance blossoms in the fascist streets of Italy between a Jewish bookkeeper and an Italian scholar teacher out of sheer humour and charm, which being commendable assets of the Jew eventually help his son survive the brutality of the Holocaust, directing the life in c...( read more)oncentration camps as a contest to win a real tank. Its a beautifully imaginative and unrealistic tale that proves that life IS beautiful regardless of the intensity of the underlying predicament or crisis, and insinuates the indecisive power of melancholy and wretchedness over the human heart.
  • June 4, 2009
    This movie was sooo good, but sooo sad. I loved how the main character did anything to keep his son alive. I definately recommend that everybody should see this movie!!
  • June 2, 2009
    i won't get tired of watching this movie over and over..
  • June 1, 2009
    great movie..worth reading..
  • May 23, 2009
    This Italian adaptation of WWII is powerful. Imagination can overcome everything... The story of a father and son taken to a work camp and the father not letting his son the reality and making into a game... For his sons survival.. It's beautiful and breathtaking...
  • May 18, 2009
    Great history and acting. How a father can live and teach his son to support all circumstances.
  • May 13, 2009
    DE MIS FAVORITAS PARA TODA LA VIDA
  • May 9, 2009
    An epic film among the likes of Schindler's List. A true testimate of a Father's love for his child.
  • May 5, 2009
    Es demasiado bella esta pelicula!! es el amor de un padre hacia su hijo, y de un marido hacia su mujer!!...me encanto el optimismo a pesar de la triste realidad <3
  • April 29, 2009
    A very beautiful film. It is one of the best 'best pictures' ever. It does not solely focuses on the situation of Jews during World War 2 but instead, it focuses on how much you are willing to give for those who matters to you the most and the faith to make it through. It has a v...( read more)ery melancholic ending and at the same time, full of hope for a new beginning. This film will be cherished forever.
  • April 26, 2009
    subtle but keenly done; a little bit dragging but sensational
  • April 26, 2009
    What a great movie. One of my all time favorites
  • April 23, 2009
    One of the best films ever made
  • April 23, 2009
    One of my favorite dramas and the story will TRULY make all your tears fall down from your eyes.
  • April 23, 2009
    Muito bom. O Benigni tem uma grande performance numa história comovente.
  • April 22, 2009
    very beautiful..in here they show how life is important and beautiful
  • April 21, 2009
    This film looks wonderful!
  • April 21, 2009
    no words to describe,.this movie is simply amazing and devastating at the same time. one of my all time best !
  • April 19, 2009
    Buongiorno, principessa!
  • April 18, 2009
    Laughing in the face of adversity is the best way to triumph over it.

    At least this is what the film Life Is Beautiful is trying to connect and perhaps wants its viewers in awe as well as ponder upon. It is a funny and touching film that works best if one doesn't take it to...( read more)o seriously.

    The first part of the film is blithe and playful, a fine showcase for the star and director's unstoppable verve. Of course, one of the themes of the film is the desire to protect the innocent from the horrors of life at any cost, to show them that life is beautiful.

    The film's attempts to do this in such an extreme situation is admirable, yet the compromises of the reality of the situation is apparently inevitable. How could you justify reality in the face of adversity?

    This is an unpretentious and likable film that plays with history both seriously and mischievously...
  • April 18, 2009
    So sad. Alot of funny scenes though considering.
  • April 17, 2009
    I laughed, I cried... Maybe the best story I have ever seen on the big screen!
  • April 17, 2009
    my number one, perfect
  • April 17, 2009
    Whatever happens....Life is BEAUTIFUL.........
  • April 13, 2009
    its about finding the beuty of life beneath the ugliness of reality.
  • April 9, 2009
    iI couldn t stop crying after this film and even though its many years ago I still remember....
  • April 8, 2009
    EXCELLENT! Heartwarming, endearing, bittersweet. A real heart-tugging drama.
  • April 6, 2009
    another one on my list!

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