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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

January 09, 2009 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

Director :

Stephen Daldry

Starring :

Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Karoline Herfurth, Linda Bassett, Susanne Lothar, Hannah Herzsprung

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..slow-moving but absorbing..”

by Claudia Puig [USA Today]

“..scrupulously tasteful..”

by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

“..pretty questionable all the way through..”

by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]

Review rate : B-

“..pretty good..”

by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

“..a movie worth seeing..”

by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]

“..a chilly and surprisingly detached adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's passion play..”

by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]

Review rate : A-
Reviewed by Tasha Robinson [Onion AV Club]

Reviewed by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]

Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]

Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]

Reviewed by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]

Reviewed by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]

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