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By Keed. (2) on 24 Mar 2009

I completely agree with Maciej C. in one respect: Kate Winslet deserved her Oscar, but it should not have been for this movie…

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By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 21 Mar 2009

An intriguing journey: love story without love, war story without war, and ultimately a meditation upon our inability to normalise an understanding…

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By Keith Cohen (225) for Entertainment Spectrum (633) on 21 Mar 2009

This movie invites you to unlock the mystery. Would you be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect a secret…

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By Katherynh (4) on 18 Mar 2009

Kate Winslet and David Kross give deeply sensitive portrayals of complex characters. Kudos to them…

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By Maciejc. (2) on 14 Mar 2009

Kate Winslet deserved her Oscar, but definitely not for this movie…

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By Michaell (67) on 07 Mar 2009

Great cast and great performances - especially by Winslet and Kross…

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By Roberti (56) on 28 Feb 2009

When Ralph Fiennes starts looking wistful, and the flashbacks attack, the film lapses into sentimentality…

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By Evan Williams (98) for The Australian (781) on 27 Feb 2009

It is a majestically sombre, always gripping film, told with immense restraint and no hint of sensationalism…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 27 Feb 2009

Despite my problems with The Reader, it's still a film well worth seeing, although far from Oscar worthy…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 22 Feb 2009

The Reader doesn't do enough to explore the guilt and betrayal the adult Michael feels over the acts of his elders…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for The Jewish Advocate (24) on 22 Feb 2009

it is a movie of incredible moral obtuseness…

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By Carminec (3) on 22 Feb 2009

Peaking in a the sex was the only saving part of his film: bu evevn this left one conflicted....Ultimately, a boring overwrought film…

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By Julie Rigg (120) for MovieTime, ABC Radio National (314) on 20 Feb 2009

The Reader does not succeed as a coherent film, despite some fine work by actors and the filmmakers' best intentions…

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By Philippa Hawker (221) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 20 Feb 2009

The film...hankers after something redemptive…

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By Margaret Pomeranz (380) for At the Movies (Australia) (716) on 20 Feb 2009

I was incredibly moved by this film, the way it delves into emotional investment, the power of literature to humanise, the whole ambition to…

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By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 19 Feb 2009

No doubt there is a fine line between a film that intends to be morally ambiguous and one that feels incomplete…

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By Sakalievgeniia (1) on 17 Feb 2009

My first impression was that this is great and striking movie. It was like an attempt to look on things and events from inside…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 16 Feb 2009

At heart what makes the film powerful is Winslet in so strong a performance and so totally different from anything she has done in the past…

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By Jonathans. (15) on 14 Feb 2009

Although most people seem to say the second half was the better half, focusing more on the German guilt and et cetera aspects, I really enjoyed…

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By Watcheragain (1) on 08 Feb 2009

Kate Winslet is top-notch and the story has potential but everything is marred by a half unimaginative screenplay, a totally unimaginative…

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