A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
Life Is Beautiful has generally received very positive reviews.
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Life Is Beautiful was released in 1997 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 721 reviews, giving Life Is Beautiful (1997) an average rating of 80%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 76%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Life Is Beautiful than critics were.
With a score of 80%, Life Is Beautiful is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like The Castle and The Sweet Hereafter.
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