Rod 12/12/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

When a son of a soldier befriends a prisoner, it is all for the friendship and "exploration" these kids get into even during war. *** Without a doubt, this film adaptation of John Boyne's novel, is of the greatest stories ever told set during World War II. Packed with thrill and emotion, the movie brought us to the innocence of these kids during the time of violence. For a film like this, it is very hard not to be attached on the characters. That is why this film seemed to closed without giving something positive feeling to the viewers. *SPOILER ALERT* I am not saying that Bruno and Smooch (?) better not died at the end of the film, the thing is, it did not give viewers sense of "loving" the film on its entirety.

dukeakasmudge 10/18/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2/4 

Good but also very sad

Gabe 07/29/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

I'm giving this a shaky 3 stars. It's touching and you feal for both boys and how lonely they are, but how stupid can the soldiers son be? Yes, I would recomend this to others because the story is that good, but parts just made me so mad.

Allison 07/02/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
1.5/4 

A pretty bad film. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. It comes off sounding like they have a new spin, but it is insulting to think we should be trivialized to sit through this movie. Also, this is apparently based on a story that never happened.

sapien 06/24/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

Another good Holocaust movie?! No, I don't believe it! lol. Yeah, it's pretty good. Although, I have to say, the ending is quite predictable. But, other than that, it's a good movie.

Alex 05/17/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2.5/4 

I enjoyed this movie to a certain degree. The ending was not a cop out like so many of this nature are. It moved along slow for most of the film. I never connected with any of the characters, but the story was worthy of a big picture. OK.