Great panorama movie, with some brilliant performances

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 2012)

Steven Spielberg, a gifted director and producer, has always liked difficult and controversial periods in human history. WW II is one of his favorite topics but the angle of depiction is sophisticated; the good are not always right and the bad are not always wrong - the same applies to wars and taking sides.
The real gems of the movie are Christian Bale and John Malkovich. Bale as the main character, Jamie Graham, a boy, is virtually in every scene of the movie and fills them with talent and brilliance (it is worth noting that Bale is still a good and well-known actor). As for Malkovich, he has always been a firm choice, I can not remember a movie where I have not liked him. The other performers like Miranda Richardson or Nigel Havers are good as well, but their appearance on the screen is quite brief.
The only "minus" is the length (almost 2,5 hours), some scenes could have been minimized. However, even then the movie does not become boring.