i think these goosebumps are permanently etched on my skin

Rating: 9/10 (8 November 2011)

It's exactly 27 minutes since i finished the movie but the little hairs all over my body are still firmly upright. Did i mention how much tears i've poured out of my eyes? I just can't believe how humans can be so cruel. I know, yes, the book of the same title from which this movie's based is indeed a work of fiction (fiction-ish because of the Hitler part). but i think that that fact simply enhances how stunning, beautiful, memorable, and absolutely chilling this adaptation is.
i just. i'm utterly speechless. everything is perfect. the movie gives off an innocent sort of vibe during the first parts which i think may have caused me to let my guard down because Bruno was just so young and naive and innocent and he just makes you feel exactly like that. as the movie was progressing, i never really got to letting my guard back up because Bruno and Schmouel were maintaining the vibe - and that made me so vulnerable, i guess at the end. i cried buckets as the screen zoomed out from scenes where nobody was really saying anything and all i could hear was the sound of my heart pounding.
i think this movie may have changed my life for good. THAT is how amazing the boy in the striped pajamas is.