The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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Very Good 3.5

Well intentioned gimmick story shows the absurdity – and horror – of the Holocaust through a child's eyes, and through …

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Very Good 3.5

David Thewlis – with his pasty complexion, receding chin and lank hair – cuts the perfect figure as the SS Dad/concentr…

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Very Good 3.5

The movie starts off beautifully, lyrically, with a lovely boy gamboling through tidy, tony Berlin streets, and into hi…

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Risqué 1.8
Glib 1.2

Would an Auschwitz commandant's family live so close to the camp that they could smell the burning flesh? Perhaps. Wo…

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Great 4.0

In a word: fascinating. A tale of innocence, discovery, moral dilemma, and overwhelming drama. A well told story of a …

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Really Great 4.5

Little Asa Butterfield is the star of course, he and the rest of the cast all put in admirable performances.

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Great 4.0

The filming style is all about highlighting the drama and inspiring thought, and director Mark Herman succeeds at both …

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Risqué 2.0
Surreal 3.0

Ok, so a German boy befriending a camp prisoner isn't exactly realistic. But that didn't detract from my ability to enjoy.

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Perfect 5.0

A jarring, moving film showing how Germans handled the final solution from the inside, centered around the improbable t…

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Perfect 5.0
Perfect 5.0
Risqué 2.3
Supernatural 3.7

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Feb 22, 2009 7:21PM
davidmfishman

Regarding Wick’s Review
There’s a satirical purpose — and by satire I mean not humor, but use of inversion to upend social norms or to level a critique — in the absurd use of the children as a vehicle. While there is ample distortion in the construction of the drama, the core message of parallel humanity and its terrible toll, the humanity that plays a role in the innocent and the evil, overcomes any limitations of the plot devices.

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