Bold, fast and delivering, with one of my favorite female lead.

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2009)

Basically what's gonna blow you away in the Dutch production "Black Book" is its individual narration presenting one near-perfect performance by the Dutch actress, Carice Von Houten. Regarding Jews in the 2nd world war, it's neither The Pianist nor Shindler's List. Instead, it's quite a mixture of the two movies, and fortunately a mixture of the good elements from the two.
Ellis was being hidden by a Dutch family in their farmhouse. However, after the house had been bombed, she had to escape to Belgium with the help of a Dutch resistant member. They were exposed and all her family were killed in the slaughter. Being the only one luckily enough to escape the carnage, Ellis had a chance to join the resistance and spy on the Germans.In the process she only discovered the truth of her family's tragedy.......
The story is not very complicated, but you will be entirely impressed by the way they tell the story. The whole presentation centers the lead character, Ellis. The audiences will enjoy the exploration of many topics in a chaos world and time. There is romance between the female spy and the German officer she spied on; there is also social comments regarding the morality of people in the war. But they are all presented in the first-person view so they were all correctly stressed, decorated and executed. There are countless nude scenes throughout the movie, but they never stand against the plot or jeopardize the integrity of the movie. On the contrast, all the nudity, torture and these elements are smart compliments to the story because they were all stitched by one of my favorite female lead in all movies, Ellis.
Ellis was quick, smart and always had the potential to escape the worst situations. She's also passionate and sympathetic. But the main feature of her is her uniquely strong personality. Heroine is not precise here because she didn't really do something heroic. However, she was always shining in every single scene. The audiences will find it mostly easy to root for her because she's so likable. Carice Von Houten completely sink into her character, or she herself is really such a bold and enthusiastic person as Ellis. In my opinion she deserved an Oscar.
Generally, you will remember this movie.
9/10