Perfect

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2000)

There are those who criticize Benigni's effort, because it lacks the gruesome horror that was portrayed in Schindler's List (another of my personal favorites). Granted, the holocaust was not to be taken lightly. However, for this film to work, Benigni is faced with many challenges of contradiction. After all, isn't that what this film is all about?
This is not a film about the holocaust. This is a love story, for a man and the love for his wife and a man for the love of his son. It is a film about what we are willing to do for love. The holocaust simply provides the most strenuous setting for this to be displayed.
I only wish the Academy had the guts to name this as the best film of 1997. I don't know 1 person who thought Shakespeare in love was a better movie.