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'Stephen Daldry's film is sensitively realized and dramatically absorbing, but comes across as an essentially cerebral experience without gut impact.'
Read more » Variety
'The film is neither about the Holocaust nor about those Germans who grappled with its legacy: it's about making the audience feel good about a historical catastrophe that grows fainter with each new tasteful interpolation.'
Read more » New York Times
'The epitome of middle-brow 'quality' drama -- admirable within its limitations, but Bernard Schlink's Oprah Winfrey Book Club-approved book wasn't exactly literature, as this isn't exactly cinema.'
Read more » Empire
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'The film is notable for its nice performances, its handsome photography, and its very active music. If the preceding praise sounds generic, so is the movie.'
Read more » Entertainment Weekly
'Winslet's fierce, unerring portrayal goes beyond acting, becoming a provocation that will keep you up nights.'
Read more » Rolling Stone
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