Review of The Reader (2008) by Antoinnette F — 02 Aug 2014

Excellent movie Winslet did deserve that Oscar!

This review of The Reader (2008) was written by Antoinnette F on 02 Aug 2014.

The Reader has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Primal Fear (1996)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 04 Mar 1999

You'd get more of a jolt from Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote and more intellectual stimulation from a cozy game of Clue…

Read Review

Review of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

By Lenny M (222) on 16 Jan 2010

Ok alot of people like this movie , I don't get it ,, I saw the movie and I think it sucks really ha ha…

Read Review

Review of Jules and Jim (1962)

By Ninja-Sam K (4) on 09 Mar 2007

Found this incredibly dull. The only remotely standout moment was the War scene. Which was far too short…

Read Review

Review of American Psycho (2000)

By Chris Phillips (6) for Movieline (883) on 16 Apr 2001

Harron, thankfully, chooses to leave most of the carnage to our imaginations, but without any psychological backing for Patrick's bloody acts,…

Read Review

Review of Freedom Writers (2007)

By Teta T (4) on 04 Aug 2014

The moive is great!! I have learned alot from it since the first time I seen it…

Read Review

Review of The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Stephanies. (5) on 19 Mar 2007

While Idi Amen degraded to the status of Dictator and maniacal murderer, this movie did little to establish the foundation for his rise to…

Read Review

Review of Four Minutes (2006)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 17 Oct 2008

Underneath the harshness and the severity there is a thick, spongey layer of pure Hollywood schmaltz, and the movie runs on predictable lines…

Read Review

Review of Monster's Ball (2001)

By Robert C (1,701) on 02 Oct 2017

This movie is awful…

Read Review

Review of La Chinoise (1967)

By Jim H (1,089) on 15 Mar 2011

So it's a satire…

Read Review

Review of Mississippi Burning (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Jan 2019

Unfortunately, the central narrative premise of Mississippi Burning sets up the FBI as the sole heroic defender of the victims of southern…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Reader

2008

72%847 Reviews

Who's That Knocking at My Door

1968

62%136 Reviews

Killshot

2008

48%423 Reviews

Grudge Match

2013

54%654 Reviews

Fail Safe

2000

73%38 Reviews

Amazon Warrior

1998

50%2 Reviews

Pure Luck

1991

52%93 Reviews

Man on Wire

2008

81%668 Reviews

Melancholia

2011

71%1,121 Reviews

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

2007

83%747 Reviews

Review of The Reader (2008) by Antoinnette F — 02 Aug 2014

More Reviews of The Reader

Winslet deserves an Oscar for her amazing performance…

Whether the source material or Hare's tinkering is to blame for the fact that the story keeps the viewer at arm's length, the end result is…

I was impressed with this film. It is truly memorable. The story begins with young Michael, a German boy in his teens…

The Reader trips over itself now and then, but it remains wonderfully acted and beautifully realized…

It is only, frankly, the strength of Winslet's performance that rises above conventional surroundings and makes The Reader the experience it…

The Reader may have its flaws, but Kate Winslet´s mesmerizing multi layered performance elevates this thought provoking historical drama…

Quite a different and interesting approach to a very sensitive subject, despite its many obvious flaws…

The Reader may have its flaws, but Kate Winslet´s mesmerizing multi layered performance elevates this thought provoking historical drama…

Disgusting and dull. (First and only viewing - 3/15/2010)…

For the most part this was very close to the book but I've learned not to demand perfection from adaptations. There was one scene that I…

Reviews of Similar Movies

You'd get more of a jolt from Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote and more intellectual stimulation from a cozy game of Clue…

Ok alot of people like this movie , I don't get it ,, I saw the movie and I think it sucks really ha ha…

Found this incredibly dull. The only remotely standout moment was the War scene. Which was far too short…

Harron, thankfully, chooses to leave most of the carnage to our imaginations, but without any psychological backing for Patrick's bloody acts,…

The moive is great!! I have learned alot from it since the first time I seen it…

While Idi Amen degraded to the status of Dictator and maniacal murderer, this movie did little to establish the foundation for his rise to…

Underneath the harshness and the severity there is a thick, spongey layer of pure Hollywood schmaltz, and the movie runs on predictable lines…

This movie is awful…

So it's a satire…

Unfortunately, the central narrative premise of Mississippi Burning sets up the FBI as the sole heroic defender of the victims of southern…