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Susan Stark, Detroit News: He film's absurdist account of fascism gives the first half rich comic flavors that grow darker as the story progresses. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: Dares to laugh in the face of the unthinkable. And because Benigni can be heart-rending without a trace of the maudlin, it works. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Its sentiment is inescapable, but genuine poignancy and pathos are also present, and an overarching sincerity is visible too. Read more
Paul Tatara, CNN.com: The lesson that Benigni ultimately imparts is that it's easy to convince a child horror doesn't exist as long as it stays out of the way while the two of you are goofing off. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll smile through the evils of genocide! Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Yes, there are heaps of charm and poignancy in this trifle, but it's a trifle nonetheless -- light-and-bright, for sure, but also slight-and-trite. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Life is Beautiful has come under attack in some circles for mocking the Holocaust. Nothing could be further from the truth. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: In the real death camps there would be no role for Guido. But Life Is Beautiful is not about Nazis and Fascists, but about the human spirit. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Roberto Benigni's comic fable about one family's struggle to survive in a Nazi concentration camp is in offensively poor taste. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The picture doesn't work, at least not to the extent it was intended to. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more