The Reader User Reviews

This is not a movie for everyone one. It is serious, there is initial sexual content; but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the film /story as it unfolded. The performances are wonderful.

12/27/2008, 10:52 am

I saw this movie this afternoon, very good, very heavy but good. A must see, I hope it wins Sunday at least something.

02/19/2009, 10:37 pm

REALY LIKED THIS MOVEY

02/28/2009, 7:01 pm

Waiting for local (Central Florida) release. I am prepped for a good morality play.

12/27/2008, 5:15 pm

How can so many people like a movie about a pedophile Nazi? The first half hour or so of child sex was not "romantic", it was disgusting. If the whole pedophile beginning wasn't bad enough they try to make you feel bad for a Nazi, who was responsible for killing hundreds of Jews, just because she is illiterate and doesn't own up to it. I guess I'm just different then most people, I'm not into illiterate Nazi pedophile movies. Here's an observation; Hitler killed himself, killed Jews, and tried to have sex with his under age niece should we make a movie about him and give it awards?

07/16/2009, 4:37 am

While not a prude, I was very disappointed and distracted by the amount of nudity. I think it could have had the same impact without all of that. Seriously, I was so disappointed with all of the visual sex scenes, that I was distracted through the rest of the movie, just thinking about how unnecessary they were. I would love my teenage children to see it with me, so that I could accentuate how important things you do in your early life really affect your future. But I couldn't take them to see this beautiful story because of the amount of nudity that would just be hard to sit through with my 15, 17, or even 20 year old. Gran Torino was amazing if even for just that reason - telling a story that you know includes violence and sex, but without showing either. And what a great story to sit through with the young people without a worry of embarassment or upset.

02/28/2009, 2:28 pm

After an hour of sex, nudity and lovemaking, you just want to scream, "OK, we get the point, a 15 year old is having a torrid love affair with a 30-something." Yikes. It was torturously slow and fragmented. And, in the end, an appeal for literacy! Save your money.

02/02/2009, 5:39 pm

The reader is one of the best movie that I saw for years. This is a love story, puppy love, that affected the life of a youngster and the rest of his life. This is not uncommon, but the twist is the personal history of the woman involved. I highly recommend the movie and Kate Winslet should be nominated for an Oscar

01/11/2009, 6:33 pm

havent seen the movie yet, but loved the book

12/18/2008, 10:25 pm