It's all about Kate!

Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2012)

An emotionally laden drama about romance, guilt and atonement. The story spans over 40 decades bringing together a 15-year-old boy and a 34-year- old woman, connecting their lives with love, secrets and reading. The main controller of events and characters in the film is the Emotion. It just flows subtly through every scene, and every spoken and unspoken word. Consequently, you won't help but look sentimentally upon the socially- tabooed affair between Hanna Schmitz and Michael Berg.
Ralph Fiennes and David Kross did a great job as the old and young Michael Berg respectively. However, nothing compares to Kate Winslet's Oscar- worthy haunting and infallible performance! Apart from Meryl Streep, I've never seen an actress who acts her heart out like she does. I don't know at how many Oscars she is going to stop?!