Or maybe,the holocaust was just some rock festival

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2006)

I don't really think people could just run around in concentration camps, or have a nap, or joke around for that matter. Seriously, I was surprised that they didn't have a scene with a sack race. Anyway, Guido, a guy who spends the entire movie laughing like an ass, tries to make the best of the situation and tells his son a story about winning a tank when he gets a thousand points. Kids believe the darndest things. This is supposed to be heart-warming, even though it just plain isn't. The writing is just never really good enough.
This movie doesn't really have much going for it in the first 100 minutes or so, but the ending is nice. It's really touching and all. Okay, the power gets thrown in the dumpster because a dead character doubles as the narrator, but it's still good. The idea behind this film is Oscar-worthy, but the way it's done is often just boring and Guido's joking isn't that amusing to me. Maybe others can see the humor is not shutting up but I don't. So overall, "La Vita e Bella" looks like a missed opportunity.