Miramax Life Is Beautiful
Directed by Roberto Benigni · 1997
Quick Verdict
Life Is Beautiful (1997) has a 79% Celluloid Score — our average across critic reviews, audience ratings, Metascore, Letterboxd, and IMDb. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
79%
Celluloid Score Recommended Averaged from 5 sources
80% Critic Score
85% Audience
59 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4.3
8.6 IMDb /10
Is Life Is Beautiful worth watching?
Yes — Life Is Beautiful earns a 79% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Critics Consensus
Benigni's risky Holocaust fable won Oscars by insisting on love as the ultimate act of resistance.
Celluloid Critics Consensus
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Life Is Beautiful about?
A Jewish Italian waiter uses humor and imagination to shield his son from the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp.
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