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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

January 09, 2009 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

R

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  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..slow-moving but absorbing..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..scrupulously tasteful..”
by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
2.5 of 4

“..pretty questionable all the way through..”
by Bob Strauss [LA Daily News]
Review rate : B-

“..pretty good..”
by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 5

“..a movie worth seeing..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
3 of 5

“..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]
3 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [Reelviews]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Howell [Toronto Star]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Kyle Smith [New York Post]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Rick Groen [Globe and Mail]

Reader's Reviews


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very touching

posted by parkview on Dec 21, 2008

It was a complete masterpiece! Kate deserves the Oscar for this role.

posted by Bran on Jan 01, 2009

perfect adaptation of teh novel with haunting accuracy...

posted by boo on Jan 28, 2009

Very emotional...

posted by Sergio on Feb 19, 2009

beautiful film does anyone know the song sung by the choir in the church scene? it's not on the soundtrack...

posted by mstella on Feb 22, 2009

very good movie Kate has done a beautiful work and deserves the oscer

posted by Nadeem on Feb 26, 2009

very good movie Kate has done a beautiful work and deserves the oscer

posted by Nadeem on Feb 26, 2009

very very good ,Kate deserves the oscer

posted by Ruby on Feb 26, 2009

The choir is the Philharmonischer Kinderchor from Dresden and the song is "Pueri Hebraeorum" from Palestrina....absolute beauty and so rich in symbols (there are many hidden symbols in this movie..)

posted by Eckhart on Mar 01, 2009

Absolutely AMAZING story. Beautiful.

posted by Al on Apr 15, 2009

Its so wonderful love story. Thanks Kate

posted by Alex on Jul 12, 2009

gJhBvv

posted by Wnxjpfky on Jul 14, 2009

excellent movie, from an excellent book.

posted by anna on Aug 27, 2009
 
 

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