Since there has been such a lull in posts of the Everyman Critics i thought that i might start to post reviews of some movies that i've watched over the past year that i have yet to either thrust upon my fellow Everyman or have thought were noteworthy and should be watched.
-dan
In keeping with the most recent post of the 2010 Oscars i thought i'd like look back to last years nominees and winner of Best Picture. Today is a movie that garnered Kate Winslet her first Oscar (Best Actress) after having been nominated 6 previous times. Something i find humorous is that a few years prior she was in the British sitcom Extras and her character said "I don't think we really need another film about the Holocaust, do we? It's like, how many have there been? You know, we get it - it was grim, move on. No, I'm doing it because I've noticed that if you do a film about the Holocaust - guaranteed Oscar!" [side note: if you haven't seen Extras you are sorely missing out on a gem of a show] i know i'm odd, but i just find that extremely hilarious. so...on to the review.
THE READER (2008)
TIME: 125 minutes
GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: R
LANGUAGE: English
DIRECTOR: Stephen Daldry
STARRING:
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross
RATING: 9/10
OVERVIEW:
Michael Berg (Fiennes) recalls his relationship with a Hannah (Winslet) and how it formed him into the person who he has become. It follows his life from adolescence in 1958 to 1995.
REVIEW:
When I first heard about The Reader I thought that it was a film that was about World War II. It is however, about post-WWII Germany and the relationship of the generation that was born after the war and their guilt for the things that their parents did during the war. All of the acting is top notch and the writing is phenomenal as well. I can see how Kate Winslet finally got her Oscar for this role, but at the same time I think that she has had at least one other role (i.e., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) that should have garnered her a win. The story itself is something I don’t really think that I’ve ever seen or heard before, but a very intriguing one. There have been plenty of films about WWII, but very few that deal with the hurt and guilt that the country faced in its wake. Also a note that there is a fairly decent amount of nudity so it’s not a movie to watch if you’re overly sensitive about nudity, but it is a movie that I would highly recommend.
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2 comments:
Hey, look, another Nazi movie that Dan watched. Who saw that coming? Tag it for nudity. But, I think Dan is reading into another movie too much. He’s sensitive like that. Feed it some Pedigree and send out back with Slumdog Millionaire.
of course you would think that i'm reading to much into another movie. in fact i bet that you are thinking that i'm one of the adults in the south park episode 'the tale of scrotie mcboogerballs'. oy vey. oh wait i shouldn't be using any yiddish words since i'm such a nazi lover. the real reason that i watched it though was that it was an oscar nominated picture, not because it was about nazis. oh well, you know i love you nolan!
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