Ray Fiennes Should Have Won An Oscar for His Performance

Rating: 10/10 (22 April 1999)

After every time I watch Schindler's List, I always ask myself how did Ralph Fiennes not win a best supporting actor Oscar for his work in this movie? His performance in this movie was superb.
Everything about this film is right on the money (okay, okay, Liam Neeson's thing at the end, "...this pin could have saved 3 people... this limousine 10 people..." was a little over the top [maybe]). The first time I saw Schindler's was in 1993 in Manhattan, I was moved to tears. Afterwards a woman (who I had never met before) sitting next to me who looked to be in her 60s reached over the armrest, embraced me and then kissed me on the cheek. She then said, "thank you," and left. Was she or a member of her family a holocaust survivor? I'll never know but it was great to see a movie have such an effect on its audience. I highly recommend this movie and also to those who have seen it already I recommend a visit to the national Holocaust museum in Washington DC. If you thought Schindler's List was amazing, a trip to the museum really emphasizes the scale and magnitude of this act of evil.