Life Is Beautiful

1997 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama

Friday Night Flick

Why it’s a Friday Night Flick

Audiences adore it (8.4/10), it won 3 Oscars, people are still talking about it and it made about 12 times its budget. Make plans for this one.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Have you seen it?

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.

How it earned its rating

CriticsSolid
81% on Rotten Tomatoes, 58 on Metacritic
AudiencesVery strong
8.4/10 from 14K viewers
AwardsVery strong
8 wins, 6 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Actor; won Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Box office & staying powerStrong
$230 million worldwide on a $20 million budget
Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
657K Wikipedia readers in the past year