Very good movie

Rating: Null/10 (6 January 2000)

I don't see why there are so many negative comments. "La vita è bella" is breathtaking, you leave the movie theater moved and with your eyes still tearing. The first half of the movie is rather funny. The second half is when they get to the concentration camp and the father tries to hide the horrible slaughter to his son by pretending it's just a big game. What some people don't understand is that the movie is not about the hollocaust, the hollocaust is just used as a background. "La vita è bella" is about overcoming obstacles in life, it's about sacrifice and love... Roberto Benigni may not be the best actor of all, i mean he's just a comic, and he always acts the same, but he was believable in this film. It's funny to see how so many people rated this movie. Usually, americans, or north americans don't bother to watch foreign movies. And all of a sudden, now that everyone's talking about it, it becomes this huge smash hit. Pfff..