Life Is Beautiful vs Paper Man
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.3/10 for Paper Man). Paper Man is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Paper Man| Life Is Beautiful | Paper Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.3/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Chris Parnell, Kieran Culkin, Hunter Parrish, Lisa Kudrow, Ryan Reynolds |
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.
Paper Man
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.
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