I disagree with almost everyone/ an awful film that should have been good

Rating: 1/10 (14 December 2013)

Sorry, but this film was a HUGE disappointment, and no, I've not read the book.There were too many scenes that made absolutely no sense, a serious case of lazy film making. 1) A mother hiding a Jewish family friend in the basement in nazi Germany will NOT run to her foster daughters school, make a scene, pull the girl out of class on a pretext to tell her that their guest recovered from his illness. A family like that in such peril wants to keep a low profile, not create a spectacle that will be talked about for days. Good news like that can wait until the girl gets home. 2) A girl who is repeatedly burglarizing the home of the local nazi bigwig to steal books, will NOT pause for a lengthy chat with her pal outside the house she is regularly breaking into. The conversation can wait until they get away. 3) Intelligent children on the verge of adolescence in nazi Germany do NOT go screaming at the top of their lungs, "I hate Hitler!", however good it might feel. I could go on and on, but I won't. Some good cinematography, some decent acting, and that's about it. Way too many scenes where credibility just went out the window, never to return. Shameless Oscar pandering Holocaust kitsch.