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TheReader posterI probably wouldn't have been that compelled to check out if it wasn't for the fact that it had just received four Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture (drama).

I would have to say that I found it a decent enough film. I don't know if I would go as far to say that it deserved it's Best Picture nomination, but I did like this romantic drama about a man reminiscing about his relationship with an older woman, who always insisted that he read to her.

The trailer for the film gives away one of the film's major revelations (that she was a concentration camp guard), but I would have to say that was the least poignant of the revelations in this film.

I will repeat that I found this a decent film, but I'm not sure if the nominations will go all the way to the Oscars (acting nominations being more likely).

8/10

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The Reader (2008)
Runtime:124 minutes
Director:Stephen Daldry
Countries:Germany, United States
Actors:
Michael Berg
Young Michael Berg
Hanna Schmitz
Carla Berg
Emily Berg
Angela Berg
Genres:Drama, Mystery, Romance
Writers:
(screenplay)
Production companies:
(producer)
(Neunte Babelsberg Film)
(FFA) (supported by)
(nrw Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen) (supported by)
Plots:
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
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