The Reader [DVD] [2008] | ![The Reader [DVD] [2008]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519F1Y%2BNcqL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 74
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017239196287
ASIN: B001O9AQXC
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 25, 2009
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What is the nature of guilt--and how can the human spirit survive when confronted with deep and horrifying truths? The Reader, a hushed and haunting meditation on these knotty questions, is sorrowful and shocking, yet leavened by a deep love story that is its heart. In postwar Germany, young schoolboy Michael (German actor David Cross) meets and begins a tender romance with the older, mysterious Hanna (Kate Winslet, whose performance is a revelation). The two make love hungrily in Hanna's shabby apartment, yet their true intimacy comes as Michael reads aloud to Hanna in bed, from his school assignments, textbooks, even comic books. Hanna delights in the readings, and Michael delights in Hanna. Years later, the two cross paths again, and Michael (played as an adult by Ralph Fiennes) learns, slowly, horrifyingly, of acts that Hanna may have been involved in during the war. There is a war crimes trial, and the accused at one point asks the panel of prosecutors: "Well, what would you have done?" It is that question--as one German professor says later: "How can the next generation of Germans come to terms with the Holocaust?"--that is both heartbreaking and unanswerable. Winslet plays every shade of gray in her portrayal of Hanna, and Fiennes is riveting as the man who must rewrite history--his own and his country's--as he learns daily, hourly, of deeds that defy categorization, and morality. "No matter how much washing and scrubbing," one character says matter of factly, "some sins don't wash away." The Reader (with nods to similar films like Sophie's Choice and The English Patient dares to present that unnerving premise, without offering an easy solution. --A.T. Hurley
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 The visual counterpart to the novel - REQUIRED TO WATCH March 8, 2010
Louise Amkaer (Greenland)
An immensely beautiful and throught-provoking movie that very much encapsules not only the story, but the subtext and atmosphere of the novel by the same name.
I was taken by the acting feats of Kate Winslet and David Kross who play Hannah and young Michael respectively. Less so by Ralph Fiennes.
"The Reader" is a story of guilt and inherited guilt, knowledge, justice, morals - and so much more shown in the relationship between Hannah and Michael. First, they meet when Michael is but a teenager and have a passionate affair. Then, they meet when Michael is in law school and Hannah is on trial for murders committed during WW2. Finally, they meet towards the end of Hannah's life, after Michael has sent cassette tapes of novels to her in prison.
Reading plays a beautiful role in the movie (and the novel) as a passionate gesture, knowledge or lack thereof, and as a penance.
In the special features, it is mentioned that "The Reader" is required reading in German schools. It should be international required reading - or at least watching. The movie is the visual counterpart of the novel and an accurate one at that.
Louise.
 Boring!!! March 5, 2010
JE SALTER (Aylesbury)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was so unimpressed with this film (dvd) I gave it away. Boring, drab with a bit of paedophillia thrown in! I wonder if it would have ever been made if it was an elder man grooming a young girl?
The Reader DVD March 3, 2010
Musical anorak (Scotland, UK)
I didn't get to see this at the cinema, so glad I bought the DVD!! Fabulous film. Emotional, thought provoking & heart wrenching. Kate Winslet gives a stunning performance as Hanna. It is easy to see why Winslet won the Academy Award for Best Actress with this performance. This film nearly had me in tears, & that takes alot - let me assure you
DVD 'The Reader' February 21, 2010
J. Ward
Excellent service. 100%.
A bit naughty but a very good film with a surprise ending.
The book is well worth reading also.The Reader [DVD] [2008]
The Reader February 5, 2010
L. THURBON (Solihull England)
Great film. sexual without being smutty. A reminder of how things were in those day. We should never forget how many people suffered so that we can have the life we have today. Kate Winslet at her best.
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