Impressive movie

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2014)

Having Death as the narrator kept me focused from the beginning until the end of the movie. Being transported back in time to Nazi Germany felt quite real. For two hours my heart experienced sadness, joy, love and in the end there were tears in my eyes. Sophie Nelisse gives an incredible performance and we see things through the innocence of her eyes. She mocks Hitler with Max her Jewish friend and Rudy the boy next door. The bravery she shows looking for Max as the Nazi's match the Jews off shines through. Superb acting by the whole cast makes this a must see movie with or without teenagers in tow! Perhaps is was slightly too long and it ended to abruptly. Would of liked to have seen a bit more of the what happened after the war ended if they could have trimmed the movie down a bit. But maybe that's how the book ended.