Life Is Beautiful vs The Holdovers
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.7/10 for The Holdovers). Life Is Beautiful is the shorter watch at 1h 56m compared with 2h 13m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
The Holdovers| Life Is Beautiful | The Holdovers | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 2h 13m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | United States of America |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Alexander Payne |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Carrie Preston, Tate Donovan, Gillian Vigman, Paul Giamatti, Brady Hepner |
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.
The Holdovers
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
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