Terrible Movie - Read the Book, Instead!

Rating: 2/10 (16 March 2014)

The book is lovely, with solid writing, creative narration throughout by Death, strong character development (even for minor characters), and appropriate characterization of the horrors of Nazi Germany. The movie is TERRIBLE. The screenplay jumps around the plot (I don't see how anyone who hasn't read the book even can follow it), Death's occasional narration seems random, there is zero character development, and the Nazi atrocity is egregiously soft-pedaled. The only reason I gave the movie any stars at all is because Geoffrey Rush's acting is so good, as always. This movie could have had Oscar written all over it. What a waste. Don't watch the movie. Read the book, instead!