A true masterpiece for interesting reasons:

Rating: 10/10 (18 February 1999)

I never imagined that a film could reach so deep into my heart, communicate so much laughter and at the same time hurt so much. And neither the laughter nor the pain was due to manipulation, but to compassion and true empathy. At the surface this film might be beautifully surrealistic, but that seems to be merely the attractive language, the vehicle used to transport something really essential about life and hope and love.
There can be no doubt whatsoever that for me this was the most deeply felt and "real" movie experience of this century. If art is to say something "true", "deep", "universal" or "cosmic" about life, La Vita è bella is BIG art.
I think that in the future of moviemaking we will see more of the traits that causes many people to feel deeply moved by La Vita è bella.
La vivo ja belegas!!(Life is indeed beautiful!!)