Missed one point, gained another.

Rating: 8/10 (5 August 2003)

This is not a "good" holocaust film, it doesn't show the true horror of it, and I'm not talking specifically about the Jewish holocaust, but any one of the many that stroke humanity. It doesn't show the animosity, cruelty, cold blooded design of a mass murder and so far. Can you really grasp the idea of treating humans as waste? As items you dispose and recycle to soap and buttons? Can you imagine such a hunger that makes you dumb and ferocious as a hungry rat?
This movie introduces holocaust as a bad time you just need to duck through and survive with a little humor and imagination. So this point was lost, and better presented in a movie such as Schindler's List.
The one gained point is about the fragility of our freedom and control over our lives. It's impossible to imagine a situation where I would no longer be in charge of my everyday life and free to move and do whatever I wish to. Remember this on occasions, when you gaily stride down the sidewalk in nice summer days. Appreciate your freedom and your well being, it's not obvious for many people in the world.