Excellent movie!!!

Rating: 10/10 (17 August 1999)

I have to disagree with all the people who say that Life is Beautiful makes a joke out of the war. This movie is NOT funny despite all the humor that we hear. As I was laughing at the jokes, I was terrified of the things people made jokes of. This movie screamed out that you don't need blood and gun shots everywhere to tell people about concentration camps. Sure, this isn't as realistic as the real thing was in the 1940s, but who will claim that other World War II movies are completely? This movie is about hope and if humor was the only way to preserve that, then why not use it?
Many claimed that Guido's attitude toward life was the way it was to keep his son's sanity, I think that laughing at their experience and playing a game was equally important for both of them as well as people in their bunk.
This is a terrific movie and it truly shows that Life IS Beautiful even in the worst of its moments.