a movie-lover's movie

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2009)

This is cerebral - not surface stuff - not light entertainment.
"The Reader" forces you to examine life from perspectives you may not wish to visit, but if you love movies you will put this in your vault.
Kate Winslet is phenomenal and the other actors are superb - celebrating the genius of the director, the screenwriter and the author of the novel.
You can watch this film just to appreciate the editing, or just to appreciate the cinematography, or just to appreciate the acting. The aftertaste will make you watch again, for the bulk of the iceberg - it keeps getting bigger...
To paraphrase from "As Good as It Gets" - if you write movie reviews, "The Reader" will make you want to be a better writer.