Lacked Gravitas - Bad Make Up

Rating: 4/10 (4 February 2010)

I'm a fan of Kate Winslet & I wanted to like this film. Responses to films are subjective but the drama was totally devoid of impact for me. I just wasn't moved. Maybe I've seen too many Nazi holocaust films. Narrative devices that work on paper look contrived when portrayed on the big screen eg. the reading tapes.
From a technical perspective Kate Winslets make up, to make her look aged, severely lacked continuity & realism. One minute she looked 100, then next scene she looked a fake 50, then a powdered wannabe 60s.
The performances a good & it gives a different perspective of Nazi Germany & people trying to understand it.
But overall it was hard work to sit through. Dull & pretentious.