Quite the undertaking.

Rating: 7/10 (9 October 2019)

I've cried during movies- of course.
This is one of the only movies in recent memory, I've ever sobbed in mental anguish after viewing.
The spectrum of humanity is painful on so many levels.
It graciously personifies the member of the nazi party in a way I've never quite seen in these types of movies. The purity of Bruno's perspective almost lifts the gravity of what these people have done. But it's that same pure innocence and inquisitiveness that brings it right back into frame.
of course there is the foreground of the appalling in barbaric time period but that's just framing.
Who are "they"?
Who are "we"?
And the innocence.... god help us.
I was torn apart, not wanting people to be in pain but the poetic irony was not lost on me.
Yes there are some mechanics in the movie that we're a little bit of a stretch but all and all it left me haunted and reflecting for an hour or so after.
The pacing and weight of the film were perfect and quite spell-bounding up until the end that is.