Review of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) by Pjotr — 03 Sep 2010
I admit I only saw this movie on DVD...and am really embarrassed. When it's all good intentions, but deeply unhistorical, you probably have to call it a kitsch feast. But then again, given the earnest and sensitive subject.
I'd rather call it stupid and obscene. Nazi officials during the war, dancing to English swing music...had always thought that members of the illegal "swing youth" were imprisoned and persecuted.
A Nazi family praying in public! A Jewish boy playing by the fence, when in all the camps, approaching the fence meant being shot. No fairy tales about the holocaust, please.
This review of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) was written by Pjotr on 03 September 2010.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has generally received positive reviews.
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