Life Is Beautiful vs Mean Girls

Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.2/10 for Mean Girls). Mean Girls is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2004). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Life Is Beautiful posterLife Is Beautiful1997 VS Mean Girls posterMean Girls2004
Life Is BeautifulMean Girls
Audience score★ 8.4/10★ 7.2/10
Year19972004
Length1h 56m1h 36m
GenresComedy, DramaComedy, Drama
CountryItaly–
DirectorRoberto BenigniMark Waters
Main castRoberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini BustricDiego Klattenhoff, Lacey Chabert, Lizzy Caplan, Tim Meadows, Lindsay Lohan

Synopsis

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.

Mean Girls

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

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