Life Is Beautiful
User Score
9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 96 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 94 out of 96
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 96
  3. Negative: 1 out of 96

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  1. JD.
    Sep 1, 2009
    0
    Painfully horrible movie with an inappropriate story, terrbile bad humour an a hyper-irritating lead actor. The horror of the concentration camp is so much embellishid till it's completely unrealistic, probably only to receive a PG-13 rating. Really, really BAD.

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Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 32
  3. Negative: 5 out of 32
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    Benigni sets out to do the impossible.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    80
    Benigni effectively creates a situation in which comedy is courage. And he draws from this an unpretentious, enormously likable film that plays with history both seriously and mischievously. Piety has no place here, nor do tears until the final reel. Life is Beautiful plays by its own rules
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  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    20
    The indifference of the proceedings and the hero's slapstick behavior to the everyday realities of the camps borders on the nauseating.
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