stands apart from films with a similar theme

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 1999)

Apart from the usual traces of brilliance that typifies any well made film "Life is beautiful" had something else which made it unique.
In my view, the biggest success of the movie is the smile that remains on the faces of the audience; even after the protagonist dies a horrible death. Without diluting the horror of a nazi concentration camp the movie showed the humorous side of and individual and how it helps him endure the sufferings heaped upon him. It is in essence a story of a goofy man who gets by life with nothing more than a sense of humor.