Life Is Beautiful vs Patch Adams
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.3/10 for Patch Adams). Patch Adams is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 1998). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
Patch Adams| Life Is Beautiful | Patch Adams | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Tom Shadyac |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Peter Coyote, Josef Sommer, Harve Presnell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Jeter |
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.
Patch Adams
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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