Simply the best movie I have ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 1999)

La vita è bella is the cinema masterwork of the nineties. Beautifully scored, photographed, directed and acted, it manages to make you laugh without being ridiculous, it manages to make you cry without being corn. It is so perfectly balanced, it does not indulge in any excesses. It shows us at the same time the monstrosity and sweetness of man without having to fall in details we have seen a hundred times. It deals with extremes, yet it is both subtle and true; that is where its magic lies, and that is what this movie is: pure magic. Roberto Benigni will forever be remembered for this magical moment in time.