A great story that is real and dramatic

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2013)

It's honest, and very well-balanced. There are no heroes. It tells the entire story of one experience: it includes everything the main character is proud of and ashamed of, to me. The movie follows him from his struggles and lifestyle as a discriminated citizen and all the way to his moving on and recuperation. This is through one man's view -- it isn't a Holocaust museum -- so the movie is not organized to drop one horror after another on the viewer. In between each event that hurt/broke the character, other aspects of his life are portrayed to prove that it is a real survival story. I don't think that Brody did the piano scenes himself (honestly, I have no idea) -- either way, all of the musical scenes are very impressive.