Superb and very moving

Rating: 8/10 (22 October 2008)

I thought this was a very moving and thought-provoking film. I was relieved that the actors all spoke in "normal" English accents, no silly attempts to do the usual "We haff vays of making you talk..." normally attributed to the character of SS officers. This actually made the actions of the principal characters more alarming, in that the air of normalcy and acceptance of bigotry and intolerance was so matter-of-fact and every-day, whereas what was actually happening was monstrous and almost unthinkable.
I didn't expect the ending, I have to say, and found it powerful and extremely moving. Like another commentator, I was surprised that no-one in the audience left straight away at the end - like my wife and me, they may well have been composing themselves and drying their tears before going back out into the real world.
I was especially impressed by the two young actors, Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon, who I thought were superb. All credit too, to the director for getting those performances out of them.
If I had the power, I would make everybody see this film.