Brilliant, beautiful movie

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2006)

I simply adore this movie and cannot see how people cannot love it. This is not a movie about the holocaust it is a movie about the lengths man will go to protect his family with the holocaust as merely a back drop for it. The use of humour within the drama works well, gravitating from slapstick comedy in the first half to a more serious style in the second, as the film takes on a more serious story. It seemed fairly obvious to me that this movie was about hope and love rather than the holocaust and I don't feel Benigni made light of the holocaust, more he used it to show us hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. This film could have been set in any other hopeless situation like this but then again why should it be. Of course I can understand that other people do not need to share my views but in watching this movie I came away with a mixture of feelings, sad yet also oddly rather contented. This movie may not be for everyone but I would definitely suggest people try it.