Charming, but shallow..........

Rating: 6/10 (2 March 2007)

I am not one of those who believes this film is great. Good in parts, but certainly not great. What I don't understand is what this film really is supposed to be - is it a comedy or a drama? Or both? Or maybe a children's film? The humour is childish, sentimental and old fashioned, which gives it an odd charm, while we never hear a rude word or see any blood or violence - this is in the middle of WW2! After watching the film in full I felt that this was like a Disney movie from the 1950s or 60s: charming, mildly entertaining, but always shallow. It also implied a long disproved myth that the victims of the holocaust were turned into soap.