Life is Beautiful (1997)

	Shawn Levy - Portland Oregonian
	Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
	Sean Means - Film.com
	Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
	Mike Clark - USA Today
	Kenneth Turan - LA Times
	Janet Maslin - NY Times
	Jack Mathews - Newsday
	Walter Addiego - SF Examiner
	Susan Stark - Detroit News
	Rita Kempley - Washington Post
	Jay Carr - Boston Globe
	David Rooney - Variety
	Owen Gleiberman - EW
	Richard Schickel - TIME

“One of the greatest films about the civilian experience of war ever made anywhere”

- Shawn Levy

“Turning even a small corner of this century’s central horror into feel-good popular entertainment is abhorrent”

- Richard Schickel

Life is Beautiful

A Jewish family tries to survive the horrors of a WWII concentration camp with lots of love and humor. Directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Amerigo Fontani, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes, Horst Buchholz, Lidia Alfonsi. (1997, PG-13)

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