Boy vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.3/10 for Boy). Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2010). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Boy
Life Is Beautiful| Boy | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Taika Waititi | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Rachel House, Taika Waititi, Cohen Holloway, James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Boy
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Life Is Beautiful
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.
Where to watch
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