Review of The Reader (2008) by Timm S — 30 Oct 2017

Nice Transition Of Book-To-Film Example, The Story Is Explored In Detail With The Twists & Turns Revealed Ever So Well, With Subtlety & Finese.

This review of The Reader (2008) was written by Timm S on 30 October 2017.

The Reader has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Payback (1999)

By Ronaldog. (1) on 30 Mar 2009

This movie is terrible. I turned it off half way through…

Read Review

Review of Ask the Dust (2006)

By Simoned. (1) on 11 Mar 2006

Really underwhelming. Hayek always seemed like she was acting. Never believed she was this poor mexican woman…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Alf (19) on 24 Sep 2011

This is yet another example of why Americans should not remake foreign films…

Read Review

Review of The Breakfast Club (1985)

By Darkbeast119 (4) on 28 Mar 2015

The breakfast club is a film for melodramatic teenagers and impudent a-hole critics with absolutely no idea of what's it like to be a…

Read Review

Review of L.A. Confidential (1997)

By Either-Or (1) on 28 Sep 2016

When I saw this movie in 1997, these glowing reviews had preceded it, along with comparisons to the movie Chinatown…

Read Review

Review of The Perfect Storm (2000)

By Sinadoom (56) on 28 Aug 2012

The Perfect Diasaster. I have never seen a more boring, eventless, badly directed and acted film. Avoid at all costs…

Read Review

Review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

By Anonymousmc (40) on 13 Jan 2008

Letter by letter is tedious beyond reason...instead of walking out, of the theatre I sat there working out faster ways to communicate…

Read Review

Review of The Time Machine (1960)

By Chris Gore (84) for Film Threat (5,156) on 18 Apr 2014

I’m getting fed up with classic films being remade or ruined by being turned into “Special Editions” that are less than special…

Read Review

Review of Paranoid Park (2007)

By Andrewr. (35) on 19 Apr 2008

This movie is way too long at 87 minutes. The acting is terrible. I can't understand how Van Zant keeps getting money to make films…

Read Review

Review of 1984 (1956)

By Carl M (496) on 09 Dec 2018

Excellent for its time and the oppressive atmosphere of the production comes through loud and clear today…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Review of The Reader (2008) by Timm S — 30 Oct 2017

More Reviews of The Reader

The Reader may have its flaws, but Kate Winslet´s mesmerizing multi layered performance elevates this thought provoking historical drama…

An emotional rollercoster. I have been wondering wether I love or hate this movie, but I cannot help it, I think it's fantastic…

The Reader may have its flaws, but Kate Winslet´s mesmerizing multi layered performance elevates this thought provoking historical drama…

Slow burn of a movie about long ago first love. Just awesome. Kate Winslet deserved her Oscar…

Amazing movie, Kate Winslet was impecable…

Winslet deserves an Oscar for her amazing performance…

Nazi war crime drama. Young German lad has affair with illiterate Kate Winslet, and later discovers she was a guard in a concentration camp…

A classy drama with a literary twist, charting the strange, strained relationship of Hannah (Kate Winslet) and Michael (David Kross)…

Extremely good movie…

The Reader is a mixed bag. The first half is practically pornographic and, by the end of the film, feels entirely pointless…

Reviews of Similar Movies

This movie is terrible. I turned it off half way through…

Really underwhelming. Hayek always seemed like she was acting. Never believed she was this poor mexican woman…

This is yet another example of why Americans should not remake foreign films…

The breakfast club is a film for melodramatic teenagers and impudent a-hole critics with absolutely no idea of what's it like to be a…

When I saw this movie in 1997, these glowing reviews had preceded it, along with comparisons to the movie Chinatown…

The Perfect Diasaster. I have never seen a more boring, eventless, badly directed and acted film. Avoid at all costs…

Letter by letter is tedious beyond reason...instead of walking out, of the theatre I sat there working out faster ways to communicate…

I’m getting fed up with classic films being remade or ruined by being turned into “Special Editions” that are less than special…

This movie is way too long at 87 minutes. The acting is terrible. I can't understand how Van Zant keeps getting money to make films…

Excellent for its time and the oppressive atmosphere of the production comes through loud and clear today…