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We now have an eight year old's viewpoint of the Holocaust from the German side. Daddy (David Thewlis) is made Commandant of a concentration camp (unnamed) and relocates the family to a very nice villa in the countryside. Bruno is allowed to play but not to peer out his window at what he thinks is a farm. The house is attended by a frail, dying Jewish doctor named Pavel. He is told, at first, by his mom (Vera Famiga), that Pavel and his kind were strange and not to be associated with.
As the plot dawdles along Bruno finds a way out of the back garden and "explores" the woods that leads to the camp just a short ways from the house. There he sees a Jewish boy sitting by the back wire and befriends him as he would any other boy. This leads to a string of events that ends with a tragedy as only it could.
This was a well acted movie and it shows the various viewpoints of Germans during the war ranging from pacifist to death's head fanaticism.
I would give it 2.5 out of 5 because it was not a well developed plot that gave you an ending without recourse. Great movie for history buffs though.
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Topic - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: More serious than Spielberg ..... - mr grits 20:12:09 12/14/08 (21)
- This is part of what I consider to be an alarming trend for Holocaust movies - Jazz Inmate 00:22:34 12/16/08 (15)
- An absurd post. Simply presenting a film from the German POV hardly constitutes an - powermatic 20:14:55 12/16/08 (4)
- How do you figure? The German perspective was to annihilate Jews - Jazz Inmate 20:40:36 12/16/08 (3)
- Films trying to point out that... - mpathus 23:10:05 12/17/08 (0)
- I can only assume you're drunk, or otherwise not in control of all your - powermatic 21:36:41 12/16/08 (1)
- No, actually you've assumed more than whether I'm drunk - Jazz Inmate 23:01:55 12/16/08 (0)
- I didn't see a lot of redemption in Thewlis or his aide-de-camp's performance....... - mr grits 16:28:02 12/16/08 (1)
- I'm sure the film was well done and not overt in its focus - Jazz Inmate 20:27:18 12/16/08 (0)
- But isn't that an important message? - rditmars 09:28:30 12/16/08 (7)
- RE: But isn't that an important message? - Jazz Inmate 12:26:15 12/16/08 (6)
- "is not a story worth telling" Examining that is core - Tony D. 17:55:50 12/16/08 (1)
- That "core" is human nature, and you can evaluate it however you like - Jazz Inmate 20:29:09 12/16/08 (0)
- Both are valuable. Now, what's really interesting is how victim - tinear 12:48:13 12/16/08 (3)
- RE: Both are valuable. Now, what's really interesting is how victim - Cosmic Closet 13:27:08 12/16/08 (2)
- RE: Both are valuable. Now, what's really interesting is how victim - Jazz Inmate 20:19:26 12/16/08 (1)
- RE: Both are valuable. Now, what's really interesting is how victim - Cosmic Closet 13:12:22 12/17/08 (0)
- Is this the one about the Palestinian boy held captive in a settlement? nt - tinear 10:19:54 12/15/08 (4)
- RE: Is this the one about the Palestinian boy held captive in a settlement? nt - Jazz Inmate 23:55:04 12/15/08 (0)
- Laughing out loud! Good one . . . (nt) - townsend 15:04:01 12/15/08 (1)
- RE: Laughing out loud! Good one . . . (nt) - Jazz Inmate 23:56:25 12/15/08 (0)
- No * - mr grits 14:34:51 12/15/08 (0)
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