Edited sentence: It is much more effective on a general level dealing with basic concepts such as love and faith than on a more specific, detailed level that would be so much more closer to reality.Life Is Beautiful is a very humorous and touching film that works best if you don’t take it too seriously.This may be a problem since at least half of the film deals directly with the Holocaust by taking place in a concentration camp.Using this setting as the backdrop for a fictional tragicomedy may not seem like a great idea, but it’s hard not to fall for the film’s charm and hopeful optimism that something positive can be removed from the worst situation imaginable