Movie reviews

Positive reviews:

1) "Law versus morality is at the chilling heart of this potent film whose complex themes begin with a young man's first sexual encounter and traverses uncomfortable territory including that of harrowing war crimes."

2) "The Reader is one of my favorite movies from the year 2008. It is incredibly complex in the way you react to the characters of the movie. It carries many emotions from sensuality to anger all the way back to that of sympathy and resolution. Many moves advertise themselves as unbiased and fair but nothing gets close to that like The Reader which is able to build sympathy for a character you would never think you could feel towards."

3) "Underage desire converges with perverse passions of the political sort, where in the case of one's country, love is basically blind. A remarkably brilliant and subversive guilt by erotic association thriller. "


Negative reviews:
1) "Just went to see this film. I was amazed to see how bad/clumsy the entire movie was. Obviously I wasn't the only one to think so according to the poor rating at Rotentomatos.com. Is the Oscar so easily influenced by Harvey Weinstein? That's an insult to all cinema fans! As for Winslet's performance, sure she bares and wears make-up. But so what? I was not impressed by her performance here at all. Her turn in Revolutinary Road was far more impressive. I love Kate Winslet, but I'd rather see her winning the Oscar for a better movie. She is still young and I am sure it will happen soon.Oscar should be given based on performance. Not based on campaigning or a sentiment for never winning. That said, Best actress this year should go to Meryl Streep for Doubt. "

2) "After watching this movie i wish i had not seen it. This movie is very boring.The story was OK but somehow the movie seemed extremely boring.There are some things that are not revealed during a film but one hopes that they would be at the end of the film, but that is not the case here,after watching the movie i had many questions racing through my mind.But the answers have not been given in the movie.i am actually surprised how this movie was nominated for Oscars. i would not recommend anyone to watch this movie."

3) "But leaving the repulsive nudity aside, one struggles to find an actual film. Unless of course you consider the subtle (not really) message shoved down our throats a "film". Yes, we get it: The Nazis were imbeciles, and Jews are Gods. Anything else? Hanna is shown as an example of the imbecile Nazi who struggles to understand the Judge's point that she should not have left those people burn to death. She can only think that opening the door would mean their escape, and she is such a retard following orders she could not change her priorities when they were facing death. She is not portrayed as a cold hearted woman who decided that death is better than escape, she is just so stupid she does not get why they wanted her to open the door."