Great moving movie, but the ending did fall a bit short.

Rating: 8/10 (1 April 2009)

To start off, I am a very emotional young man, and I've cried or teared up for plenty of movies before, but for some reason, this movie did not make me shed a single tear, but more into that in a few.
This movie was overall very good. I enjoyed watching it. Bruno, the main character was not only cute, but was played very well. At moments it seemed Bruno wanted to say something, or think something, but instead, he was portrayed with the all familiar face of childhood misunderstanding, a cold bewildered silence, and it suites the situation very well.
(SPOILERS) I'm not alone when I say this, but the ending could have been better. Yes, it has been mentioned by a few that the non-graphic nature of this movie enables it to be accessible to young ones, but I still think they should have shown his father walk into the chamber to see his son, gone. His mother breaking down and screaming in anguish and pain really hit home on me, but when it showed his father, stand there, stone cold, like he's waiting for something, it just ruined the moment and made me a bit mad. Seeing him realize what his "cause" has done would have created such a better ending, and I would have easily cried.
I love these kinds of movies, even though they make me so sad. Just a depressing movie like Requiem for a Dream, where at the end, all you can say is "Wow".