Review of The Reader (2008) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 30 Aug 2012
The crucial decision in The Reader is made by a 24-year-old youth, who has information that might help a woman about to be sentenced to life in prison, but withholds it. He is ashamed to reveal his affair with this woman.
By making this decision, he shifts the film's focus from the subject of German guilt about the Holocaust and turns it on the human race in general.
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This review of The Reader (2008) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 30 Aug 2012.
The Reader has generally received positive reviews.
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