Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 1999)

I never thought in a million years that I would find myself actually paying to see a foreign film. However, I'm glad I decided to play 'high brow' for once and see what I had been hearing about from critics.
Life is Beautiful was amazing. It made me laugh, and almost cry (hey, i'm a guy with appearances to maintain). For Benigni to flawlessly weave comedy and tragedy was no easy task, but he pulled it off.
I know there's some people that think it was wrong of him to try and joke about the holocaust, but they just need to wake up and stop being so close-minded. In no way did Roberto Benigni trivialize Hitler's evil deeds. He was just trying to show how far a father is willing to go for the son he loves.