Pretentious Drivel

Rating: 3/10 (5 December 2002)

Schindlers list has everything. It's boring, it's horrific, it's pretentious and it's bad. I think the worst thing about Schindler's list is that it seems to be made for the director, not for the audience. It's Spielberg's message to his critics that he can be serious, but honestly, three and a half hours of black and white is trying just a bit hard, and the little red girl is just totally over the top. The worst part about it is the manipulative subject matter, the Holy Cow of the holocaust. Spielberg tries to tie up the seriousness of the plight of the Jews in World War II with the seriousness of his film making, and it turns out totally faux-arte. Give me a break.