Life is Beautiful

Rating: 9/10 (30 April 2013)

Life is Beautiful
I loved this movie, this film addresses a very stressful subject involving the holocaust, and after watching "Life is Beautiful" it made me realize that making a movie about the Holocaust is not an easy task at hand. I give Roberto Benigni all the credit for creating such a heart touching film.
Life is Beautiful is about a man named Guido, who tries to hide his family from the holocaust, mostly his son Joshua. Once Guido and his son Joshua are sent to Auschwitz Guido tries his best to not let his son Joshua know that they're in a concentration camp. Guido tells his son that Auschwitz is a game and the first place winner wins a tank, because Guido doesn't want Joshua to know that both they're lives are in jeopardy.
Most of the credit should obviously go to Benigni, for directing and acting such a good film. Roberto (Guido) made the movie in many ways; Guido simply made a scene funny when the situation was very serious, he made a scene whenever he had a line in the film.
All props go where they're deserved which is to Roberto Benigni, because he won an Oscar for "Life is Beautiful". Also he won best actor, and best foreign film. This is incredible because it's very rare when a foreign actor wins best actor and best foreign film. Roberto's acceptance speech was memorable as well, because he was so happy and excited, that you could barely understand him because of his Italian accent.
'Life is Beautiful" can connect to the book "Maus" by: Art Speigleman, because "Maus" addresses the issue of the Holocaust. Maus is a book about the Holocaust from a survivor's tale. A theme in Maus that I found was Survival, because every day was a struggle to survive, from hiding from Germans to finding food. This connected to "Life is Beautiful" because every day was a struggle for Guido and his son Joshua. Both Joshua and Guido were living from day to day not knowing what the next day would bring, just like in Maus.