Better than the rest

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 1999)

Life is Beautiful is better than both The Great Dictator and Schindler's List. Whilst I can already hear people shouting at me, this is true. All three are great films, but the fact is that LiB is more touching than either of the others. Schindler's List does not focus on the smaller characters enough for us to be emotionally involved with them, but we care about Guido, Giosue and Dora. The Great Dictator is also a great dramatic-comedy about WW2 which touches on the Holocaust, and is a fantastic movie, especially when we consider that it was made in 1940. This film, however, focuses on dictators and war, rather than the holocaust. LiB creates human characters that we love and care for, and so the experience of watching it is truly touching.