Funny but very sad

Rating: Null/10 (31 March 2014)

When you first watch this you wonder what being Jewish has to do with anything. The film never says he is Jewish but supposedly he is. The star Guido is humorous and the things he does are very funny.
Guido and his friend go to Italy. His uncle gets him a job as a waiter. Guido meets a teacher he falls in love with right away. He ends up marrying her and having a son named Joshua. There are many slapstick comedy type scenes that go 50 minutes into the film which do not prepare you for the serious part of the story to come.
Guido is picked up by the Nazis with his son and put on a train. Guido also sees his wife with the women prisoners. Guido does not want to scare his son. He tells his son it is a game they planned for his birthday. They are all taken to a concentration camp.
I thought the film was funny but I am critical of them portraying something funny that is not funny. This was done to fool young Joshua and not scare him because this all happened on his birthday. Joshua is a smart kid. I do not believe this "game" would stop him from noticing how evil the soldiers were and how bad they treated the people. I felt the plot was too unbelievable to believe.
The more I see the way people were treated during the war especially the Jews it breaks my heart. Our life is good and we don't see the results of the past wars. There should be more documentaries on the present wars, our soldiers, their injuries and the trials they have to go through. So can see this for free on line at http://www.tubeplus.me/player/307440/Life_Is_Beautiful/