Life Is Beautiful

While a 12 year old's favorite movie might be something like American Pie or Stepbrothers, I would have to say that mine would be Life Is Beautiful. Robert Benigni stars in this tragic yet, as the title states beautiful film. The movie begins in the mid 1930's where Benigni's character, Guido is traveling around Italy. He meets a young woman whom he calls "princessa." He departs and arrives in Italy, and runs into her time after time. His advances are denied repeatedly, but they eventually fall in love after many of his hilarious ideas to get her to marry him. They marry, and have a son together named Joshua. They all three get deported to a concentration camp, but Guido manages to distract his son from the horrors of the camp by telling him that they are at a resort, and they are playing a game in which the first prize is a tank. After "getting" 940 points, Guido hides his son, and rushes off to find his wife, only to be executed. While the ending is the most beautiful part, I won't tell it to you so that your heart will be warmed, just like mine. I enjoyed this movie greatly, and it was uplifting, funny and sad at the same time. I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys movies that are a tad bit slow at the beginning, but that make you think at the end. I give Life Is Beautiful a 9.1/10.