La Vita è bella

Benigni's baritone blossoms with the beauty of the verse, its sly internal rhymes, flexible rhythms and passionate empathy for the doomed lovers.....Roberto Benigni hit the Davies Symphony Hall stage Tuesday with the same unbridled exuberance with which he'd received his "Life Is Beautiful" Oscar 10 years ago..... ... Full Review

The first hour of Life Is Beautiful is genuinely lovely, a delicate romance spiked with antifascist farce.....Benigni is a performer of ebullient, if sometimes strenuous, charm..... ... Full Review

The first hour of "Life Is Beautiful" is genuinely lovely, a delicate romance spiked with antifascist farce.....Benigni is a performer of ebullient, if sometimes strenuous, charm..... ... Full Review

That style of chaotic comedy continues.... ... Full Review

Life is Beautiful is funny yet poignant, sometimes hilarious and often truly touching.....Life is Beautiful , a new Italian tragicomedy set in the Holocaust is a tremedously upbeat and very easy to watch little movie.....It is one of the most entertaining, heartfelt, touching movies of the year.....Made by Roberto Benigni, this is a shoo-in for Best Foreign Language film this year..... ... Full Review

Without a doubt, this is an unforgettable, must-see film.....It will also be one of the saddest and most intense films you will ever see.....Life is Beautiful" will be, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful films you have ever seen.....It is such a creative and different approach than other Holocaust movies that have found their way to the silver screen.....In addition, the script is fantastic..... ... Full Review

Life is Beautiful , Roberto Benigni's achingly funny and hauntingly beautiful WWII romantic comedy-tragedy about love, family, and sacrifice, describes itself as a "fable," and so it is..... ... Full Review