Roberto Benigni is magnificent

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 1999)

The reason I went to see Life Is Beautiful was to see the performance of Roberto Benigni and also to see if humour and the holocaust could be blended in a movie. I also wanted to see if the happy manic energy that Roberto displayed at the Oscars was apparent in his work. I feel that Roberto Benigni was absolutely charming, disarming, beguiling, supremely inventive and hugely compassionate in his desire to win the heart of his loved one and then to shield his child from the horrors of the holocaust by game playing. I believe that the use of humour in the holocaust setting was extremely well done. Everyone should have some one like Roberto Benigni to shield them by caring enough to divert their attention through humour and unconditional love from the never ending harsh realities that beset the world.