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The Reader, 2008

Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes

Directed by: Stephen Daldry

Written by: David Hare

Language: English, German, Greek, Latin

Country: USA, Germany

Runtime: 124 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.7

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The mood of The Reader is contemplative, gloomy, and sexual. The plot centers around a conspiracy against humanity, an unlikely couple, and being haunted by the past. It is a drama, romance, and period movie. In approach, The Reader is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The setting is Germany. The Reader happens in the 1950s and in the 1960s. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being a Golden Globe winner and an Oscar winner. Note that The Reader includes nudity and sexual content.

Summary of The Reader

Michael Berg (David Kross), a teenager in postwar Germany, enters into a passionate but clandestine affair with Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a much older woman who enjoys having classic novels read to her. But, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day, leaving Michael heartbroken and confused. Years later, Michael, now a law student, gets the shock of his life when he sees Hanna on trial for Nazi war crimes.

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Language:	English, German, Greek, Latin
Country:	USA, Germany
Release date:	10 December 2008
Runtime:	124 min

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Kate Winslet

as Hanna Schmitz

Ralph Fiennes

as Michael Berg

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Philadelphia Inquirer

With this film Daldry, previously the director of "Billy Elliot" and "The Hours," proves himself the screen's reigning master at showing passion thwarted or repressed. Full Review

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by: Carrie Rickey

The Onion (A.V. Club)

Kross and Winslet's intense performances and Daldry's deliberately placid control of tone make the material work as a love (and hate) story as well as a metaphor. Full Review

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by: Tasha Robinson

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CONTAINS A SPOILER...I loved this movie. I loved Kate Winslet's performance. But I must say the movie made me a bit sad. If you are looking for a movie with a happy ending you should pass on this one. But if you are looking for a movie with one of... Read and rate it

10.January.2011
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by: Netflowers
Netflowers rated this movie10/10Must See

Its amazing how guilt and love can equally ravage a person. The Reader is possibly the best Nazi-related film ever made, and could easily win Best Picture of the Year. Yes, it is that good. We meet Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) first, a lawyer in... Read and rate it

04.August.2010
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by: Dan Cassavaugh
Dan Cassavaugh rated this movie0/10

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