Review of Boy A (2008) by Drlowdon — 17 Feb 2018
The eight year old son of a Nazi officer in charge of a WWII concentration camp strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Jewish boy of the same age being held captive in the camp.
A lot of criticism has been aimed at this movie for sanitizing and failing to convey the true horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, and I can’t really argue with that. The movie is well made however (although I don’t understand why everyone talks in a middle class English accent!) with excellent performances from the two young friends could act as a good starting point for introducing the subject to younger people and promoting further discussion, which in my mind can only a good thing.
This review of Boy A (2008) was written by Drlowdon on 17 Feb 2018.
Boy A has generally received very positive reviews.
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