Powerful!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2012)

The Boy in Striped Pajamas is very powerful and moving. After viewing this movie, I remained stunned for hours on how good this movie is. This movie should have garnered some more Academy attention but everything is nearly if not totally perfect.
This emotional film is about a Nazi soldier's family who moved to the countryside. The son Bruno, while exploring, stumbles upon a concentration camp. There is where he meets a Jewish prisoner his age and this is where the tale of friendship truly begins.
The acting is just amazing! Asa Butterfield as Bruno simply cannot be bested here. The kid who plays the Jewish boy is almost as great. There were also stirring supporting roles played by Vera Farmiga and David Thewlis.
This is not a film about concentration camps or Nazi Germany in a sense, it's more about a tale on extreme friendship and family. These themes are more prevalent in the final, shocking closing scenes.
Overall, this a fantastic, powerful film. This is a movie all people should see. I rate this film 10/10.