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On Saturday, I saw The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. Most of the reviews of it have been kind of ambiguous; reviewers seem to give it a high rating but don't really explain why it's good. I had to see it to understand why.
The plot: The film is set in Nazi Germany and tells of the family of a high-ranking SS officer (I think he's SS - I'm not certain about the uniform) who is placed in charge of a concentration camp. Told mostly through the eyes of a child, it's in some ways a sentimental look at the period. Bruno, the boy in quesion, befriends a Jewish prisoner working as his dad's gardener, builds himself a swing and reads adventure stories instead of his prescribed history of Germany. But as accurate as that last sentence is, it's a misrepresentation of the film.
( Cut for length and some film spoilers )
This movie has joined a very short list of films I never, ever want to watch again...but I'm very glad I've seen it once.
The plot: The film is set in Nazi Germany and tells of the family of a high-ranking SS officer (I think he's SS - I'm not certain about the uniform) who is placed in charge of a concentration camp. Told mostly through the eyes of a child, it's in some ways a sentimental look at the period. Bruno, the boy in quesion, befriends a Jewish prisoner working as his dad's gardener, builds himself a swing and reads adventure stories instead of his prescribed history of Germany. But as accurate as that last sentence is, it's a misrepresentation of the film.
( Cut for length and some film spoilers )
This movie has joined a very short list of films I never, ever want to watch again...but I'm very glad I've seen it once.
