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Benigni's earnest charm, when not overstepping its bounds into the unnecessarily treacly, offers the possibility of hope in the face of unflinching horror.
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All Critics (87) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (17)
How appealing you find it will probably depend on your response to Benigni's screen-hogging routines -- the line between endearing and irksome is a fine one. June 10, 2002 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
How appealing you find it will probably depend on your response to Benigni's screen-hogging routines -- the line between endearing and irksome is a fine one.
Tom Dawson
Yes, there are heaps of charm and poignancy in this trifle, but it's a trifle nonetheless -- light-and-bright, for sure, but also slight-and-trite. April 12, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Yes, there are heaps of charm and poignancy in this trifle, but it's a trifle nonetheless -- light-and-bright, for sure, but also slight-and-trite.
Rick Groen
Its sentiment is inescapable, but genuine poignancy and pathos are also present, and an overarching sincerity is visible too. February 14, 2001 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Its sentiment is inescapable, but genuine poignancy and pathos are also present, and an overarching sincerity is visible too.
Kenneth Turan
Benigni's movie made me want to throw up. January 1, 2000
Benigni's movie made me want to throw up.
David Edelstein
Sentimentality is a kind of fascism too, robbing us of judgment and moral acuity, and it needs to be resisted. Life Is Beautiful is a good place to start. January 1, 2000 | Rating: 1/5
Sentimentality is a kind of fascism too, robbing us of judgment and moral acuity, and it needs to be resisted. Life Is Beautiful is a good place to start.
Richard Schickel
Benigni certainly knew the risk he was taking with his idea, but the circumstances overwhelm him. January 1, 2000
Benigni certainly knew the risk he was taking with his idea, but the circumstances overwhelm him.
Stanley Kauffmann
Exceptional, well-crafted, uplifting. March 21, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Exceptional, well-crafted, uplifting.
CSM Staff
Roberto Benigni's finest hour arrived in 1997 when the triple-threat writer/director/actor delved deep into Charlie Chaplin territory - see "The Great Dictator" (1940). March 8, 2013 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
Roberto Benigni's finest hour arrived in 1997 when the triple-threat writer/director/actor delved deep into Charlie Chaplin territory - see "The Great Dictator" (1940).
Cole Smithey
Wrenching Holocaust fable with bittersweet humor. December 25, 2010 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Wrenching Holocaust fable with bittersweet humor.
Nell Minow
The film's title, which very well could have been a straightforward declaration prior to the war, becomes a source of twisted irony once we witness Guido pull down the grate outside his humble bookshop and the words JEWISH STORE are seen sprayed across th August 20, 2009 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
The film's title, which very well could have been a straightforward declaration prior to the war, becomes a source of twisted irony once we witness Guido pull down the grate outside his humble bookshop and the words JEWISH STORE are seen sprayed across th
Jordan Hiller
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Steven D. Greydanus
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