Movie reviews

1-"...Schlink’s brooding narrative never falters, and Daldry’s visual rendering strongly compliments Schlink’s conceptual foundation."

2-"Young Michael’s tender yet unflinching approach to Hanna bridges possibly the most difficult credibility gap in the story, and Kross makes a fine match for Winslet in their many scenes together."

3-"The finest acting skills cannot overcome the reality that Kate Winslet, who was 32 during filming, does not look like an old woman, even under caked-on wrinkles."

4-"Never shrinking from its characters’ failings, the film offers an unflinching view into grey areas of morality: Is it ever acceptable to forgive a horrific crime committed by a lover?"
(http://www.pajiba.com/the-reader-review.htm)

I-"The Reader seeks to humanise the Nazi, but in doing so can't help but devalue the horror of the crimes of National Socialism."

II-"...it's difficult to know since her past is only ever filtered through the eyes of others and never through Hanna herself."

III-" It's to the film's detriment that so much time is dedicated to this late period of the story."

IV-"Winslet's fierce, intensely felt performance is obliterated by an unsuccessful make-up job that fails to age her and instead just makes her look weird and flaky."

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article5423614.ece