Life Is Beautiful vs This Is Where I Leave You
Life Is Beautiful has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.6/10 for This Is Where I Leave You). This Is Where I Leave You is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2014). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Life Is Beautiful
This Is Where I Leave You| Life Is Beautiful | This Is Where I Leave You | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | Italy | – |
| Director | Roberto Benigni | Shawn Levy |
| Main cast | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric | Timothy Olyphant, Kathryn Hahn, Corey Stoll, Jason Bateman, Abigail Spencer |
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.
This Is Where I Leave You
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically…
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