Review of The Reader (2008) by Dean K — 02 Apr 2011
A fine example of great actors, Winslet won an Oscar for this film telling a sad love story. The film has two different halves. The first with an impressive performance by David Kross as a teenage boy who begins an affair one summer with a much older woman.
The couple appear naked for much of the first half of the film as the couple spend their time either reading or making love. The second half of the film is set a good few years later as their paths cross again at a war crimes trial.
For me quite a few things in the film don't have much of a back story or make a lot of sense. For me the end of the film didn't have a satisfying conclusion and leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
A sad story of two lonely lives and the impact they had on each other.
This review of The Reader (2008) was written by Dean K on 02 Apr 2011.
The Reader has generally received positive reviews.
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