Review of The Reader (2008) by Lanning : — 14 Oct 2010

Very good. Kate Winslet was fantastic! I'm glad she won her Oscar for this role.

This review of The Reader (2008) was written by Lanning : on 14 Oct 2010.

The Reader has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of A Time to Kill (1996)

By Anthony Puccinelli (5) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Oct 2007

Like many artists today, Grisham and Schumacher exploit racial tension without understanding it…

Read Review

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 The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

By Mikel. (18) on 17 Jul 2009

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

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 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

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Reader

2008

72%847 Reviews

Super Size Me

2004

71%717 Reviews

Michael Clayton

2007

73%883 Reviews

Noise

2007

61%87 Reviews

Center Stage

2000

63%431 Reviews

The Proposition

2005

76%705 Reviews

Live from New York!

2015

60%46 Reviews

Midnight Sun

2006

70%87 Reviews

Naked Boys Singing!

2007

51%29 Reviews

Fright Night

1985

72%586 Reviews

Review of The Reader (2008) by Lanning : — 14 Oct 2010

More Reviews of The Reader

An emotional rollercoster. I have been wondering wether I love or hate this movie, but I cannot help it, I think it's fantastic…

You don't have the power to upset me…

Nazi war crime drama. Young German lad has affair with illiterate Kate Winslet, and later discovers she was a guard in a concentration camp…

The Reader is a mixed bag. The first half is practically pornographic and, by the end of the film, feels entirely pointless…

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

Very touching movie with ultra nuanced Kate Winslet performance as former ex-Nazi…

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

Much better than expected! A complicated move…

Kate is so damn fabulous every time. This story uses the nazi germans as element of guilt in a sexual love story between a woman and a boy…

Interesting movie kate sure like to be naked with the young boy…

Reviews of Similar Movies

Like many artists today, Grisham and Schumacher exploit racial tension without understanding it…

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,…

This is the all-time worst movie I've ever seen (all the way through). Too long, too boring, too uninteresting…

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…

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…