Life Is Beautiful Movie Critique

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The film, Life is Beautiful, is about a Jewish man named Guido, who is living during the time of the Holocaust. The movie shows Guido 's life with his son, Giosúe, and wife, Dora. The movie has a comical view on the events happening during World War II. Which does not portray what truly happened during those events. In order to teach others what actually happened to millions of people during the Holocaust you need a movie that isn 't trying to protect innocence. There needs to be violence and terror, because that is truly what happened during the Holocaust. Therefore this would not be an ideal movie to show to a class while trying to learn about the Holocaust. For example; Life is Beautiful, does not show the violence which occurred within this time, it mocks the Nazi 's actions, and makes Giosúe appear oblivious to what is happening around him. When I state, the movie did not show the violence which occurred within this time, I mean during the film you never once see someone be …show more content…

By the time the movie, Life is Beautiful, ended I noticed myself looking around to see how others reacted to the ending. I believe we were all a little shocked with the movie. It was a weak portrayal of the Holocaust compared to other movies we have viewed. The end is almost a happy ending, when Giosúe is riding a tank with an American solider in the middle of lines of victims. Which does not seem right to me, I believe the ending of Holocaust movie should be powerful. Have people really stop and think about what happened during these times. That is why I believe the movie was cut short. It was missing the emotion and pain that people felt during this time, that moment of realization of the horrors that were happening around the German people. Holocaust movie need to be graphic, it is the only way to truly portray what happened. That is why I do not believe that the movie, Life is Beautiful, is not an ideal movie to show to a class trying to learn

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