Life Is Beautiful
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Movie Review: Bellissimo!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Life is Beautiful" is without doubt a wonderful film. At once we are reminded of the extremes of life - love and hatred, kindness and cruelty, laughter and sadness. Yet, through it all, "Life is Beautiful" for its optimism, courage and inner strength amidst adversity. Lessons that we as parents, as spouses and, above all else, as human beings should emulate.
The film moves quickly thanks to Roberto Benigni's brilliant story, tightly woven script and slapstick humour. Indeed, at times I thought I was watching Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton or Harpo Marx in some scenes, i.e. the changing of hats, the horse in the restaurant, the umbrella dance, the runaway car, the exaggerated goosestep.
As for the Miramax `Collector's Edition' DVD, it features various film trailers, an interview with Benigni nd his wife (Nicoletta Braschi) and an interactive menu with language options in Italian or English. I watched it in Italian with English subtitles, and although I don't speak the language, I found it relatively easy to follow.
"Life is Beautiful" really pulls at the heartstrings. You'll have a good laugh, a good cry. And you'll realise life is indeed beautiful!
Movie Review: Awesome movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a definite classic and hit anywhere you take it. It hits all of your emotions and even takes you into a blast of history....kinda. If you havent seen it....do.Movie Review: Not perfect, but very worthwhile
Summary: 4 Stars
Life is Beautiful is almost two distinctive productions - the first an almost slapstick comedy with absurdities and pratfalls, the second a comi-tragedy in which the protagonists are interred in a concentration camp during World War II.
The scenes and settings throughout the film are glorious. The tension of the concentration camp setting, for both prisoners and their overseers, was palpable.
As an American viewer I was uncomfortable with the last half of the film. It was during that portion that the lead character made light of the many awful things occurring inside the concentration camp all for the benefit and fortification of his young son. A couple of the monologues were revealing, however. Who would accept the absurdity of human beings being burnt in ovens and their remains being reconstituted into buttons and soap? Of course that can't be true.
One of the main things that this film brought to me was the fact that the comedian...the one always trying to make the situation better and lighter...was the ultimate hero. American filmmakers should learn a lesson from that.
This review refers to the English-dubbed version of the film.
Movie Review: Weak
Summary: 2 Stars
I would not recommend this movie. Not homogeneous. Beginning and end belong to two different movies. Ok, the last scene was touching and some of the scenes were quite engaging but overall I did not enjoy it that much.Movie Review: Buongiorno, Principessa!
Summary: 5 Stars
It took me almost a decade to get on board and see "Life is Beautiful," but after viewing the DVD twice in consecutive days, once in dubbed English and once in Italian with English subtitles, I felt an urge to put in my two-cents' worth for this amazing film. It doesn't make light of the Holocaust, but presents an inspiring, if improbable, triumph of the human spirit over that unspeakable evil. There are real-life Guidos in this world and when faced with a grave threat like Auschwitz, they somehow find a way to rise above it. The late Pope John Paul II was no stranger to the horrors of Nazism and Soviet communism, especially in Poland not far from Auschwitz, and it is a fitting tribute to "Life is Beautiful" that he considered it his favorite movie. It is much the same with me and I plan to see it often enough to be able to understand it in Italian without subtitles (so as to take it in more like the way it was intended). "Life is Beautiful" also delivers a powerful message about the married life, fatherhood, and sacrificial love. An unforgettable event! Rev. Dennis J. Mercieri