A Jewish father with his wife and son are trapped between the appalling situations of discrimination and fall of a race. La vita è bella (Original title: Life is Beautiful) will certainly leave you in awe once you finish the film. According to IMDB (n.d.), it lavished prestigious awards including three Oscars (1999), one from the Cannes Film Festival (1998), four Italian Golden Globes (1998) and one Grammy Award (2000). The Italian film was directed by Roberto Benigni and was released on 20th December 1997 in Italy. It was subtitled and translated into English for the United States and was released on 23rd October 1998. It revolves around the life of a nonchalant and eccentric, however, amusing father named Guido (Roberto Benigni) in the Second World War who did everything within his
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Time Magazine (1998) claimed that the film took advantage of a piece of horror in history just to make a repugnant entertainment out of it. In the first half, Guido was oozing with farcicality but his character should have been built up. It reminded me of Charlie Chaplin and Mr. Bean, who I think are two of the most annoying and diabolical characters in television history. Salon.com (1998) added that Guido’s kind of humour was inappropriate since it was showing callousness even on a time of disaster. Another problem that was seen were the concentration camps’ prisoners’ acting skills. Regardless of the limited words to say or act, they didn’t seem to be engaged at all. I didn’t see much of the energy or the feeling of trouble. Instead, I only got dull and bland. The depiction of World War II was a bit off especially on the last scene. You can barely hear loud screaming, gunshots and explosions knowing that it’s the last night of the war. LA Times (1998) even brought out that the Holocaust was barely touched in the film and described it as “prettified and
Time Magazine (1998) claimed that the film took advantage of a piece of horror in history just to make a repugnant entertainment out of it. In the first half, Guido was oozing with farcicality but his character should have been built up. It reminded me of Charlie Chaplin and Mr. Bean, who I think are two of the most annoying and diabolical characters in television history. Salon.com (1998) added that Guido’s kind of humour was inappropriate since it was showing callousness even on a time of disaster. Another problem that was seen were the concentration camps’ prisoners’ acting skills. Regardless of the limited words to say or act, they didn’t seem to be engaged at all. I didn’t see much of the energy or the feeling of trouble. Instead, I only got dull and bland. The depiction of World War II was a bit off especially on the last scene. You can barely hear loud screaming, gunshots and explosions knowing that it’s the last night of the war. LA Times (1998) even brought out that the Holocaust was barely touched in the film and described it as “prettified and