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Movie Info


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

November 07, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Mark Herman

Starring :

David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend, Richard Johnson, Sheila Hancock, Jim Norton

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..too manipulative and sentimental..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
2 of 5

“..powerful..”
by John P. McCarthy [Boxoffice Magazine]
3.5 of 4

“..poignant..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..offers a new one..”
by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
3 of 4

“..haunting Holocaust tale with a chilling end..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Paul Brenner [Filmcritic.com]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald]
Review rate : C
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Susan Walker [Toronto Star]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
Reviewed by Sheri Linden [LA Times]

Reader's Reviews


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excellent site well good!!!!!!!!!!!!! brill

posted by abz on Oct 01, 2008

Unbelievable! Well done and brilliant casting

posted by mmmcox on Nov 17, 2008

VERY SLOW Movie, but the ending was good.

posted by Misty on Nov 29, 2008

A mother coming across the clothes of her child would not have automatically assumed what had happened. At the sight of her childs clothes laying on the ground would have triggered her motherly instinct and would have sent her into a frenzy in an attempt to try to locate her missing child and the father, being the one who gave the order to terminate the lives of the prisoners, would not have just accepted what had happened when he saw that the order to terminate the lives of the Jewish prisioners had just recently been carried out. He would have at least attempted to stop the process. In my humble opinion the ending would have been much more powerful if the father had screamed orders to open the chamber doors in an attempt to save his son. At which point the mother would have come onto the scene as the the doors where opened and both mother and father discovered the bodies of the two boys and realized it was not too late. The Nazi father could have just looked down with non emotional detachment realizing that his actions as a Nazi officer had just caused the death of his son while the mother screamed and or moaned with the agony only a mother could feel at the sight of her beloved little boy laying lifeless.

posted by ..__Confused on Jan 27, 2009

its boring

posted by hi on Mar 18, 2009

The casting was perfect, and I know it isn't entirely accurate in its portrayal of the Holocaust, but it was still a great story. I loved that Bruno's mother is afraid of her children learning to much about Hitler because it is much more humane than the adults seem to be portrayed in most Holocaust novels and films. I love sad movies (right before I watched this movie I watched Seven Pounds and cried so hard but loved it) and this movie is just wonderful in my opinion.

posted by Alissa on Jun 27, 2009

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posted by Qmwcgsbd on Jul 14, 2009

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posted by Sebjirqg on Jul 16, 2009

Briliant!

posted by Angelicz on Nov 09, 2009

oh my god, dis movie is sop sad. it totally made me cry... we needed 2 watch it 4 school...

posted by GabbY on Nov 19, 2009

cool:)

posted by cocopop on Nov 28, 2009
 
 

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