The Reader

This isn't the usual type of film I go and see at the cinema, or on DVD for that matter. In fact I probably wouldn't have gone if I wasn't tagging along with some friends. But in the end I actually thought it was a really good film.

I totally believe Kate Winslet was German right from the start as her accent was just perfect. With most famous actors I find it takes a while for me to get used to it when they do foreign accents, but I instantly forgot she was English and was pulled into the film's world.

The story was amazing and I felt so involved in it on an emotional level. At one point I actually felt like physically standing up and shouting at the main character in order for him to speak up when he had new information that could prevent the woman from going to prison, and I felt really hurt inside when he didn't. But this simply added another amazing plot twist. They could have ended the film when he speaks up. But because he didn't speak up I was pulled deeper into the film.

I went in not really expecting to like this film, but when I came out I was in awe as to how good it was. I couldn't believe at how much I cared about the characters and what happened to them. And I couldn't understand why I cared about them so much. Was it the music, the performances. In a way, yes it was both. But this is simply a master piece of film making. A powerful moving film that, once it has a hold on you, just squeezes you tighter and tighter.