An emotional holocost rollercoaster ride (The Boy In Striped Pyjamas (DVD))

Member Name: jinnjinster

Product:	The Boy In Striped Pyjamas (DVD)
Date:	01/07/09 (25 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Emotional, Well portrayed, superb acting, brilliant story

Disadvantages: Can be slow in parts

Being a regular cinema goer its very rare that i see a movie where the audience is so enthrawlled and stunned by the climatic finale that they do not move for moments later. In the 1990s we were given schindlers list which was so groundbreaking in the telling of the holocaust and war that it has in itself become historic, i would be confident to say that in years to come this movie will be looked upon in the same way.

The story talks of an eight year old boy named Bruno living in nazi germany in the 1940s, his father who is a high ranking soldier in the army announces early in the movie that they are to be rehomed for the continuous struggle in securing the fatherland, Bruno is dragged away from his friends along with his mother and sister to a new home in the middle of nowhere. Friendless and with a passion for exploring it is not long until Bruno finds a way out of his boundaries into the woods and towards a jewish concentration camp.

Unaware of what the camp is he is none the wiser to the suffering of a young boy named schmall a jewish boy he finds sitting at the fence inside the concentration camp [as shown above] and soon the two become friends. The movie follows the story of the boys secret friendship and the effect of the war on both sides of the fence.

I am afraid i have not read the book so i cannot make a comparison however after seeing the movie im sure everyone will want to put either the film or book or indeed both on their wishlist.

Summary: An excellent film the next schindlers list