We've very talented down here.

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2014)

The Book Thief tells the story of a young girl called Liesel (played by the beautiful and very talented Sophie Nellisse) who is abandoned by her mother in Germany just a couple of years before World War II. She is taken into care by the lovely Hans (Geoffrey Rush ) and the equally non-lovely Rosa (Emily Watson ) as the three of them try to survive and stay moral in the perils of Germany under the Hitler rule. Based on the book By Australian author Marcus Zussak, this film will bring out one of two reactions in you. If you haven't read the book you will love it. It is an extraordinary tale and highly compelling. However if you've read the book (and by all reports most people who read the book become obsessed with it) you will find it slow and be disappointed. Try to keep in mind that while reading a book everybody directs their own film in their head but with an unlimited budget and dream cast. I thought this was a beautiful film and loved every second. It is a real tribute to the talent off Zussak who coined the tale in his debut novel. Geoffrey Rush is also amazing and I just want to mention (okay brag) they are both Australians. We've very talented down here.