THE READER

Movie: The Reader
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 2 Hours 2 Minutes

Jan's Opinion: I think they need to let Kate Winslet make a happy movie now after making two tear jerkers. Again, the acting was excellent and Kate deserved to win the Golden Globe for her portrayal of Hannah, who in her 30's has an affair with a 16 year old named Michael. He loves to read and she loves for him to read to her.....hence "The Reader". There is lots of nudity and love scenes which will make you wish you were young again. Hannah moves away without telling Michael and it breaks his heart. He loves her deeply and never gets over her. He goes thru college and when he is in law school, he and his classmates attend a trial, only to find Hannah is one of the people on trial for her part in the deaths of many Jews at Auschwitz. It seems she was a guard at the camp, something she had never told Michael. She is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Michael sends her tapes of books but never writes to her. I won't tell you the ending because I don't want to ruin it for you but definitely want to see this one.