The Reader (2008)
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| Release Date: | December 10, 2008 (LA/NY) January 9, 2009 |
| On DVD: | April 14, 2009 |
| Genre: | Drama, Romance |
| Director: | Stephen Daldry |
| Writer: | David Hare |
| Cast: | Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross |
| Studio: | The Weinstein Company |
| Official site: | weinsteinco.com/#/film/thereader |
| Running Time: | 122 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for some scenes of sexuality and nudity. |
"The Reader" opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.
Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn," and "The Lady with...
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It's my sincere belief that Kate Winslet only works early in the year, so that all of her films can be released in November or December to register as award contenders. An actress who seems to attract Oscar clout just by her mere presence, Winslet stars in The Reader, a quazi-Nazi drama, not to be confused with another Winslet movie that is now playing in theaters as well, Revolutionary Road.
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phyllishartt says:
January 21, 2009Here is a movie that seemed to define itself better than the book which received wide acclaim. In part this is due to the fine acting done by Kate Winslet and also by David Kross. Kross portrays a fifteen year old boy with such subtlety and nuance that we are drawn into his world while marveling at how effortlessly he has captivated us. His scenes with Kate Winslet are so well done that we can easily see how he has become obsessed and possessed for life by her great beauty and intriguing manner.
Ralph Fiennes has the gravitas as the lover now middleaged but not only lacks those soulful brown eyes but also lacks that charming naivete which so captivated us to begin with .
Somehow the exposition of the explanation of Hannas crime is a hard one to come to terms with. Is lack of education and experience and youth enough of a reason to eschew morality? Perhaps so and Hanna seems to repent but her final scene leaves much to be explained. Neverthe less this film is well worth seeing and will remembering. Phyllis Hartt