The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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- Synopsis
- Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, and Asa Butterfield star in Little Voice writer/director Mark Herman's adaptation of John Boyne's novel concerning the forbidden friendship that between an eight-year-old German boy and a Jewish concentration camp ......
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- Starring
- Asa Butterfield, Jack Scanlon, Amber Beattie, David Thewlis, Vera Farmiga
- Director(s)
- Mark Herman
- Distributor(s)
- Miramax
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 94 min.
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Critic Reviews
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is not only about Germany during the war, although the story it tells is heartbreaking in more than one way. It is about a value system that survives like a virus.Read the full review
Viewers should know that the film's resolution, though admirably restrained and unsentimental, is devastatingly sad. Parents should take this into account. This beautifully rendered family film is told in a classic and old-fashioned style, in the best sense, providing poignant and powerful teachable moments.Read the full review
The film has any number of chances to exploit the setting and Butterfield's wide-eyed innocence, but instead, it mines a vast, eerie tension by keeping both boys in the dark.Read the full review
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