Buengiorno Principessa

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 1999)

I don't know if my italian in the summary is correct, but those two words pretty much sums up my impression of La Vita é Bella. Those are the words that Roberto Benignis character in the movie uses to conquer the heart of the adorable Dora and they mean "good morning princess".
Those words are the foundation for the whole movie because what this movie is really about is something like: "enjoy your life and make other people happy". And Roberto Benigni really means it - he lives by it as far as I can see.
I agree with him and that is probably why I liked this movie. There are some truly magical moments in this movie as well as there are funny moments - after all it is a Roberto Benigni movie. But above all you will find a lot of honesty, purity and innocence in the movie. Benigni wants to tell you that "Life is beautiful no matter what".
Some of the commentators find that you should not make fun of Holocaust. To those people: get a grip. If you cannot find the tragedy in this movie you won't be able to find an elephant in a phone booth.
Rating: 9 of 10.