Tragic and beautiful

Rating: 10/10 (11 April 2001)

I personally felt that Life is Beautiful was robbed of Best Picture. To name a Shakespearean romance Best Picture over Life is Beautiful? I feel very disappointed in the Academy; subtitles and the fact that it is a foreign language film shouldn't deter you from richly rewarding it with all the accolades you can carry. Brilliant filmmaker and actor Roberto Benigni tries to protect his child from the horrors of World War II and the German Nazi's overtaking of him, his family, and every Jewish person in between. Unlike many films, like Schindler's List, he pretends that the war is a game because as a loving father, he wants to shield his child from the terror that the war really is. Tragic end, but a beautiful film and well-deserved Best Actor Oscar for Roberto Benigni.