Sunday, 14 December 2014

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The Book Thief (2013)

Directed by Brian Percival this film based on the novel of the same name stars Sophie Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer and Nico Liersch. Germany 1938, a girl is adopted by a poor couple and they struggle to live through WW2.

While this is a really well made and told story I am not sure it ever has anything interesting or new to say. There is plenty of realism and the story captures life in Germany during the war well but as much as I enjoyed the film I felt like it was a little empty or too easy. I really liked the cast and there are some good performances but again nothing much stood out.


3/5

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