Beauty and evil through the eyes of the beholder

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 1999)

How anyone can miss the horror of this death camp as it is portrayed in Life is Beautiful is beyond me. Others have said that it wasn't a true portrayal, etc. Of course not, that's because we see most of the camp through the eyes of a child. When the child is not present, or is unaware, we see calousness, death and labor. When the child is present- we see the camp as Guido is desperately trying to paint it for his child. For the smarter half, it doesn't have to be shown in all its bloody horror.
For those who feel this story doesn't hit reality on the head- Bingo, you hit the nail on the head. That some can't see that the movie's skew of reality was the whole point, proves that many will never understand when a film pushes the boundaries of clichÃ©d and predictable film making.
In a world of "spell it out for me" movies, this is a masterpiece.