striped pyjamas --the musical

Rating: 1/10 (30 August 2011)

Can't wait to see "Striped pyjamas-- the musical",with SS guards singing "Springtime for Hitler". I thought "Asylum" was the worst film I'd ever seen,but "The boy in striped pyjamas " has surpassed that. I cannot understand the criticism that the actors are speaking English.At least the accents are consistent.What do people expect? The most annoying and insulting aspect to the film is the ridiculous plot,as described by other reviewers.If it was so easy to get into Auschwitz in broad daylight why hadn't everyone escaped? One of the inmates spills wine while serving at the dinner table(very plausible?).He is then hauled off by one of the Nazis and beaten to death without anybody turning a hair!!This same Nazi then just happens to mention that his father left for Switzerland 4 years ago instead of serving the fatherland,so he is packed off to the front.(Oh really?) Even more annoying was the terrible Bruno,who couldn't act and was completely stupid even or an 8 year old.Didn't he look like Hitler,especially at the funeral with his hair parted in the same way. I cheered at the end partly because the film was over,but mostly because it was so implausible and devoid of any genuine feeling. This film is a disgrace and an insult to all the real holocaust victims.