In my top ten of all time list

Rating: 10/10 (6 September 1999)

As the son of a Holocaust survivor and the grandson of a woman who perished in Auschwitz, the Holocaust is a fixture in my daily musings about the world. For me, Life is Beautiful manages to pull off the impossible: the use of the Holocaust as a backdrop for a funny, moving, and ultimately highly optimistic movie. Life is Beautiful's portrayal of the robustness of the human spirit is unique, and it is a movie that I hope all my descendants have the good fortune to experience.