Life Is Beautiful
Miramax Films | Release Date: October 23, 1998 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
21
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5
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30
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
The director gives us not just a pop Holocaust but a prettified, palatable Holocaust. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The indifference of the proceedings and the hero's slapstick behavior to the everyday realities of the camps borders on the nauseating. Read full review
20
TimeRichard Schickel
In this climate, turning even a small corner of this century's central horror into feel-good popular entertainment is abhorrent. Read full review
10
SalonCharles Taylor
The point, I think, is the sheer callous inappropriateness of comedy existing within the physical reality of the camps -- even the imagined reality of a movie. Read full review
0
SlateDavid Edelstein
Benigni's movie made me want to throw up. Read full review
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