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By Tonyb. (159) on 05 Feb 2009

The Reader is a fine piece of filmmaking…

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By Chipl. (5) on 04 Feb 2009

Frustratingly uneven throughout. Kate Winslet literally saves the film from being a complete mishmash…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 02 Feb 2009

Underage desire converges with perverse passions of the political sort, where in the case of one's country, love is basically blind…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for Fayetteville Free Weekly (88) on 01 Feb 2009

The Reader is the most undeserving of the five Academy Award nominees for Best Picture…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 01 Feb 2009

Outside of her [Kate Winslet's] equally compelling also Golden Globe winning work in the non-Oscar nominated Revolutionary Road, it may be…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 31 Jan 2009

A bit convoluted...mostly absorbing and captivating drama elevated by strong performances…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 30 Jan 2009

Built around Kate Winslet's enigmatic Hanna, this impeccably staged, nuanced drama is not easily forgotten…

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By Adam Tobias (167) for Watertown Daily Times (163) on 30 Jan 2009

for the life of me I cannot figure out how the Academy Award voters could consider this film as year's most elite…

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By Dalem (35) on 30 Jan 2009

Excellent movie. I'm surprised at the low scores given this movie and the ridiculous reasons for the low scores…

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By David Ansen (1,073) for Newsweek (1,534) on 29 Jan 2009

The Reader can feel stilted and abstract: the film's only flesh-and-blood characters spend half the movie separated…

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By Anie (5) on 22 Jan 2009

Pretty good movie. first I was like OMG to much sex in…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 20 Jan 2009

Like the main character's feelings about themselves and each other, I too have mixed feelings about this film…

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By Joseph Proimakis (212) for Movies for the Masses (212) on 20 Jan 2009

Epifaneiako ksysimo allis mias ekdohis tis ebraikis pligis poy prokalese I germaniki banaysotita, ayti ti fora employtismeni me eksanthropistiko…

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By Markb. (197) on 15 Jan 2009

Call me crazy, but didn't Sophie's Choice work far better in 1982 when the young protagonist's first love was a Nazi VICTIM, not a perpetrator…

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By Gina Carbone (187) for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (187) on 11 Jan 2009

How do you solve a problem like The Reader? It's deep and layered and sexy and Oscary and left no emotional impression. It happened and I left…

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By Hillaryp. (1) on 10 Jan 2009

To KL before ragging on this movie for the full frontal nudity of a teenager, maybe you should do some research, the teenager was born 7/90,…

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By Franko. (47) on 10 Jan 2009

This is on my top 10 list for 2008 right now. I found it a beautiful and powerful movie…

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By Christopher Smith (624) for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (624) on 09 Jan 2009

It tries so hard to construct something profound, the effort competes with the performances, stealing away some of the rawness of the emotions…

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By Matt Stevens (135) for E! Online (838) on 09 Jan 2009

The Reader remains riveting as long as exquisite Winslet stays on screen…

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By Judyw. (1) on 09 Jan 2009

I loved the moral ambiguity. It is one of the most thought-provoking films I've seen in a long time and Kate Winslet is outstanding…

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