Life Is Beautiful, Special Edition [Blu-ray] [1997]

Great film, bit of a challenge to start but is fab film

This film is beautiful. Never cried so hard over a film before

it is wonderful and inspiring.

The movie is very funny and sad at the same time, and unveils the olocaust's horrors whihout became a lecture.However, the big lie at the end is so deep to cost it 2 stars: the americans didn't get inside any nazi concentration camp, russians did.Unforgivable.

This movie is a masterpiece in every way. Makes me laugh cry and everything in between!

This Italian English sub-titled film has two sides. It starts off as a comedy, and although I enjoy humour, I didn't find it particularly funny. The second half of the film is more serious. It starts when Germany invades Italy and takes Guido who is Jewish and his young son, to the train station with the hundreds of other Jewish people. Guido's wife Dora, who isn't Jewish wants to join him an persuades the German guard to allow her to join Guido on the train of death. They arrive at a concentration where Guido proceeds to tell his young son that they are now playing a game...in order to win the prize, the young son must not cry when hungry, not ask for food, or make a noise, he should hide away when the guards come and pretend he cannot speak. The prize if he does this...is a tank...the small boy loves tanks so he plays along. In the meantime, Guido finds ways to let his wife know he is still alive. Finally at the end of the war, Guido hides his son in a steel cabinet outside in the courtyard and tells him to stay there until there is no more sound...which he does...finally the boy exits the hideaway...he is alone, the only survivors have also left and he is entirely alone...I won't tell you anymore as it will spoil the story.I have mixed feelings about this film. I'm not sure I enjoy poking fun at such a serious subject as the Holocaust - it was no joke, however, when the film ended, I was speechless, it was very thought provoking...it left me with a strange feeling that I have yet to transcribe into actual words....It is a film about the Holocaust that I will not forget... I can fully understand why it won so many awards...

A truly inspirational film that will have you in tears. Well worth purchasing.

Although I'm not into old style movies, I hav to say this was a very enjoyable film. The fact that the dad turnd the horrors of what they had to go through as JEWS into a humour that his son held on to as ''hope'', was truly a well written script. The fact that all the other JEWISH men in the camp played along with the dad's story, in order for the little boy to be safe and not to mention content with the conditions, added a nice touch to the film as well. There's something I've learnt from the movie, which I always knew, but know it more now. Always live good with people for you never know when they may be in a position to get you out of a rut. The little boy in this movie is brilliant, and such a cute little boy.A mother's love is like no other, and the true love of a wife to a husband or a husband to a wife is beyond anything you can imagine. Truly a lovely film, and I've no regrets that I got it...!DOWNSIDE - The movies subtitles throughout, and the actors all speak very fast, so the subtitle pops up quickly, not ideal for someone who may not be a speed reader, but one can still get the gist of the movie by looking @ it.