This movie could easily be called Life is a Challenge, but the main character sees the positive side of life.

Rating: 9/10 (27 August 2014)

Roberto Benigni has covered all bases of life in this great film. From laughter, love, happiness, family, sorry, resilience and the power of positive thinking with a creative mind, we watch the story unfold. Throughout the movie the main character, Guido, steals your heart. He shows us the beauty and importance of laughter and love. He teaches us not to give up. He shows what belief in yourself can do when trying to get something you want and in facing difficult situations that are beyond our control. If you are watching the movie with subtitles you become so entrenched in the plot that you forget that you are reading them. This movie moves at a nice pace. Even though the plot changes dramatically the character stays true to his nature. It is no wonder that Benigni won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the film, Best Foreign Film.