When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Jan 2011
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was released in 2008 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 72 reviews, giving The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) an average rating of 71%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 62%.
With a score of 71%, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like Bolt, Revolutionary Road and Ghajini.
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