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By John Anderson (1,358) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Jan 2017

Although it's a far less objectionable Holocaust revision than, say, Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful, Herman's The Boy in the Striped Pajamas…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 28 Jun 2016

The power of this Holocaust tale sneaks up and floors you…

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By Homer4President (193) on 28 May 2016

Mediocre and awkward acting is what keeps me from giving this movie a good score…

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By Epicladysponge (1,102) on 10 Apr 2016

Just remember if there's anything related to World War II, we would all know that we were all expecting this to be great, but generic flops…

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By Chuck Wilson (418) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Feb 2016

In adapting Irishman John Boyne's acclaimed young-adult novel, writer-director Mark Herman (Little Voice) draws beautifully modulated performances…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 16 Jan 2016

The film has any number of chances to exploit the setting and Butterfield's wide-eyed innocence, but instead, it mines a vast, eerie tension…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 24 Dec 2015

In key ways, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is like Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: a child, caught in the waking nightmare of one of…

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By Seroj (254) on 28 Jun 2015

One of the most emotional movies i've ever seen. Experience the World War II through the eyes of a german child…

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By Meritcoba (98) on 22 May 2015

Father has an important job to do, that is why he wears a grey uniform with lots of pips and stripes and a death's head on his cap…

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By Hoffesth (2) on 20 Apr 2015

Until the last 5 minutes, this was definitely a movie that completely oversimplified the horror of the Holocaust…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon (312) on 13 Dec 2014

Watching The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, it struck me that weaving a touching little tale about a death-camp friendship is actually a pretty…

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By Gabrogamer (2) on 14 Oct 2014

Ignore these professional review…

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By Theiceman21588 (2) on 06 Aug 2014

I give this movie a two simply because I made it to the end without shutting it off and because I truly believe the message was no one is born…

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By Ray Bennett (125) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 09 Jul 2014

Boyne's tale is starkly cautionary, and writer-director Herman handles a difficult topic with great sensitivity, drawing splendid performances…

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By Josh Rosenblatt (154) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 May 2014

True artists will risk sacrificing audience goodwill for truth and sentimentality for cold historical reality, but Herman doesn't want your…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Mar 2014

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is not only about Germany during the war, although the story it tells is heartbreaking in more than one way…

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By Stevenf (209) on 22 Jun 2013

With a film like The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, there are countless and sometimes ignorant historical inaccuracies, however these can be easily…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 25 May 2013

The film succeeds to the degree that it does -- partially, but honorably and sometimes affectingly -- because it was made as well as it was…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for New York Post (6,650) on 30 Mar 2013

The bulk of the movie consists of scene after scene coyly setting up the same ironic juxtaposition, in the exact same way, about innocence vs. Nazism…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 24 Feb 2013

See the Holocaust trivialized, glossed over, kitsched up, commercially exploited and hijacked for a tragedy about a Nazi family…

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