There's Something About Mary hearkens back to the screwball comedies of the 1930s, adding a heavy dose of 1990s off-color humor. You'll never look at styling mousse the same way again. You've Got Mail Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks reteaming with the director of Sleepless In Seattle in another romantic comedy, set in an idyllic New York City. Not much, especially if you're a fan of the two stars and an incurable romantic to boot. The perfect date movie of 1998.
Life Is Beautiful A slapstick comedy set in a concentration camp.
Then you're missing the point of the whole movie. After charming us with his slapstick courtship of his non-Jewish wife, he moves the story up six years to 1945, when he and his son are interned in a concentration camp, and he must use his brain and humor to keep the boy's spirits up. A sentimental tale of a father's love for his son, the film also shows us that sometimes humor is what keeps us going in the worst of circumstances. Bravo to Mr Benigni to for giving us a Holocaust movie that is life-affirming rather than depressing. He also touches on censorship, racism, and xenophobia among other subjects.