Life Is Beautiful (La Vita รจ Bella)
Genre: Comedy / War / Romance
“An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.” goes the tagline of the movie and rightly so! There is so much in the movie; comedy, romance, Drama, war; it’s a treat for the whole family. Life is beautiful is not the usual War movie we might have seen.
The first part of the movie is funny and we would really had some good laughs. Even have tried to maintain the tempo through out the movie. Even if the sequence is sad, it is portrayed in a lighter vein.
The comedy in the movie is what makes it special. Have you ever seen a War movie which is a comedy as well? There were some comic references to Schopenhauer (he was a favorite writer of Hitler) and about the tag: “Jews and dogs are not allowed”.
The kid, Joshua as he was named is cute little boy and his role was perfect and did a resoonably good job as well. His mother Dora or princess (Nicoletta Braschi) as his husband Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni) calls is also cute. Both the Kid and her mother is adorable and loving.
This is an Italian movie, and I downloaded this movie, and it had English subtitles and was English dubbed as well. Never matter the language, this movie was really good and I might watch this over and over again, of it was not dubbed in English.
Final word:
Life Is Beautiful is one of the best foreign films I have seen. I Have never seen a movie which is based on the World War 2 backdrop and is a comedy. Even thought the ending is sad, the film shows in lighter spirit. In the end you might shed a tear or two.
This movie is the best movie in Terms of War and comedy genre for me. Have you ever seen a War movie which is a comedy as well? I would recommend to buy the DVD and watch it over with your Girlfriends or family.
10/10 ; It’s on my all time best movie, 2nd spot!
December 10, 2005 at 11:38 am
good movie
December 10, 2005 at 5:08 pm
I too liked this movie, Its good.
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December 11, 2005 at 3:00 pm
Hi..this is my most fav movie…u can see that in my profile also…saw this movie 2yrs back….roberto benigne is awesome…i felt he is God..what an actor…i loved the way he used to convince joshua when they were captured…and the movie ending is really touching..
December 11, 2005 at 4:05 pm
Yeah.. I am very emotional, and I have shed tears while watching some movies (Titanic, It’s a wonderful life, The Notebook, etc..) but In this movie I din’t “cry” but I felt very sad for Joshua and his mom.
Those German officers and benigne convertion were funny, even though those people were talking about death and hard life in that place.
Awesome movie, I think we can watch for 100 times and still dont get bored!
December 11, 2005 at 10:35 pm
hmm…. good movie
December 12, 2005 at 2:40 pm
Speciality about this movie is there is no violence, still the msg was reached to the audience.
December 12, 2005 at 2:50 pm
Ohh yeah.. a War movie without any violence or any disturbing scenes.