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By Matthew Razak (302) for Flixist.com (210) on 15 Nov 2013

At the end of the film, Death comments that he sees humanity's beauty and ugliness and always wonders how the same thing can be both…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 15 Nov 2013

A misfire in far too many meaningful aspects, The Book Thief is so bad that it's tough to decide whether it's better used as a sleep aid or…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 15 Nov 2013

Incredibly Inspiring - a best of the year…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 15 Nov 2013

A well-intentioned piece of work that nonetheless fails, sometimes spectacularly, to connect in the ways that its creators intend…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 15 Nov 2013

Too watered down for adults - lacking the satiric bite you might expect from a tale narrated by Death - and too grim and dull for kids…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 15 Nov 2013

Then Death feels the need to intrude again. And again…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 15 Nov 2013

There is one narrative conceit in The Book Thief that is so wrongheaded it serves to undermine both the movie's specific and greater story…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 15 Nov 2013

a worthy cast hamstrung by poor directorial choices…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 15 Nov 2013

It is a stirring, heart-wrenching look at the atrocities of war and Death, as witnessed by a fiercely determined young girl…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 15 Nov 2013

It's apparent to me that this is one of those cases where the film version just can't match up to the (presumed) brilliance of the book…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 14 Nov 2013

What the film does have going for it, however, are solid to outstanding performances. (Full Content Review for Parents also available)…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 14 Nov 2013

A series of small bad decisions hampers this handsome adaptation of Markus Zusak's World War II-set novel, starting with the subtitles…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 Nov 2013

The resulting film has some wrong notes and touches of preciousness, but mostly it's a moving and effective presentation of life under Nazism,…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 Nov 2013

Anchoring the story is 9-year-old Liesel Meminger (Sophie Nélisse), whose first scenes are riveting…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 14 Nov 2013

It does not overreach in its storytelling, but neither does it overplay the connections between language and power that lurked at the heart…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 14 Nov 2013

[Geoffrey Rush] is the main reason the film earns the heartstring tugs, but he also serves as a key point of distraction from how it simplifies…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 14 Nov 2013

The children may tug at the heartstrings, but it’s the adults who give the film its heart…

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By Tony Hicks (74) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 14 Nov 2013

Fortunately for Percival, he cast the right actors to guide us through this tricky terrain…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 14 Nov 2013

The narrative rushes through Nazi book burnings, Kristallnacht, the roundup of Jews and Hitler's fury over the Olympic triumph of Jesse Owens,…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Nov 2013

This plush, mawkish period drama, adapted from Markus Zusak's 2005 best-seller, might be useful as a means of introducing the Holocaust to…

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