Eighth Grade vs Life Is Beautiful
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.2/10 for Eighth Grade). Eighth Grade is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2018). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Eighth Grade
Life Is Beautiful| Eighth Grade | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Bo Burnham | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Josh Hamilton, Fred Hechinger, Elsie Fisher, Daniel Zolghadri, Jake Ryan | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Eighth Grade
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
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.
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