Don't be scared by the subtitles!

Rating: Null/10 (28 September 2000)

I had a very difficult time motivating myself to watch Life is Beautiful. After making myself see the foreign films "Insomnia" and "Run Lola Run," I was less than enthused to watch another subtitled movie. Well, "Life" is 100-times the movie "Run Lola Run" is, and it is infinitely better than "Insomnia." After twenty minutes, Benigni had me sucked in. If for nothing else, you MUST see this movie for the most hilarious scene I have seen in a movie in quite some time. When Benigni translates the German officers commands into the rules for the "game" he creates for his young son, Benigni vaults from Best Actor to Legendary Actor, and the film itself attains the worthy classification as "Classic." DON'T BE SCARED BY THE SUBTITLES! Trust me, Life is Beautiful is the perfect blend of humor, romance, and drama. Truly a film that will be viewed for decades by film students.