Movie: The Reader
Review: 3 bill-stars (out of 5)... worth seeing

I liked the movie, not as much as the book, but I liked it.

The casting of Kate Winslet as the lead is the movie's biggest downfall, I think. Kate Winslet is a beauty queen, um, not a dang German prison guard. And to be honest, I don't think she captured much of the essence of the character in the book. Its hard to look at Kate Winslet and think "not too bright"... and she didn't pull that off as an actor.

The screenplay makes the excellent choice to not have a narrative voice, ala the book. Its much more powerful without narration. They dumbed down a couple things, but that's to be expected. I really liked how the movie swung your emotions from the guy to the girl to the victims... sort of a revolving door.

I look forward to future book and movie reviews that are nazi free.
blitzkrieg... yow, bill

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