The Reader - Film Review on Clown Magazine Wordpress blog site

The Reader – Film Review


Dylan Thompson

The Reader has already won a Golden Globe for Kate Winslet Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, another award from the CFCA and the BFCAA for Kate Winslet as best supporting actress and is being nominated for the Oscars and BAFTAS for 2009.

The Reader - Film Review on Clown Magazine WordPress blog site

So, what’s the story to this celebrated film starring Kate Winslet as Hanna who helps a sick young boy half her age back home. Michael (Michael Berg) the young boy finds Hanna to thank her for her help and soon the both of them ensue in a secret affair, which is made stronger by their love of reading books. One day Hanna disappears, and Michael never sees her again.

The Reader - Film Review on Clown Magazine WordPress blog site

The Second World War begins and ends. Michael (Ralph Fiennes) now a young man and is a law student sits in court observing the Nazi war crimes when he meets Hanna again, but she is now a defendant in one of these trails. What will become of this encounter?

The Reader - Film Review on Clown Magazine WordPress blog site

The Reader is available on Blu ray DVD

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