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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 59% Rotten Page   1   3/5 "The film's 12A certificate is prohibitive for younger children %u2013 though with parental guidance kids as young as 10 might well get something from it %u2013 and yet the manner... is simply too simplistic for an older audience."   Eye for Film   Amber Wilkinson 2/4 "At once too historically removed from its subject and too hysterically committed."   Slant Magazine   Andrew Schenker 3/5 "Either you will appreciate The Boy in the Striped Pajamas particular tact, or you will cringe on what it decides to exploit. Like the subject it secures as part of its plotting, there is no middle ground."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B- "It's an unnerving film with a knockout punch for an ending, but it feels more acceptable as an educational piece than a profoundly rewarding work of drama."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "The mother's sudden recognition of her husband's Nazi activities is rendered with big music and zoomy close-ups, in the end, less enlightening than melodramatic."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "Herman has the unenviable task of presenting a challenging and delicate topic like the Holocaust honestly, while at the same time delivering his tale in a kid-friendly way."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger "A tale older than Scripture and as today as war and genocide, this different Holocaust film contrasts love to hatred, good to evil, children to adults."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 2/4 "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas could have been brilliant, and instead leaves one feeling unclean, angry, and distastefully toyed with."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman C "While I can't say the film had much emotional impact on me -- I get the point, but it's sloppily executed -- it's definitely an unusual attempt."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B- "One of those films one has to admire for what it's attempting, even if it doesn't quite succeed in achieving it."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "A parabolic film about the Holocaust that doesn't engage or edify."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas should be heartbreaking, but it isn't. The muted quality of its impact is the result of narrative shortcuts and a desire to keep the images from being too startling."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Holocaust drama sensitive, but never sentimental."   Common Sense Media   James Rocchi C- "disappoints in the end by settling for stereotypic shmaltz over substance"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 2/5 "What strikes me as entirely bogus is the notion, expressed in the movie's taglines, that this narrative can be interpreted as hopeful or positive."   Boxoffice Magazine   John P. McCarthy 3/5 "Sophisticated and involving, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas offers a fuller picture of the period [than the book] and a stunner of a conclusion."   School Library Journal   Kent Turner A- "By maintaining the perspective on a naive German boy and the conflicting emotions of his extended family, Herman's film articulates the genocide of innocence with a devastating poetry."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 7/10 "The novel was written for young adults and the film feels like it pulls its punches. The final horrifying revelation is still a long way from the painful realities of those days."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper "[E]ndlessly distressing... one of the most strikingly original movies about the end of childhood I've ever seen..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/5 "Constrói um desfecho mergulhado em dor e terror, lembrando-nos de que, no final das contas, são nossos filhos quem pagam - e caro %u2013 pelos erros de julgamento que cometemos."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3.5/5 "a devastating experience for both the characters and the audience."   Filmcritic.com   Paul Brenner 4/5 "This intriguing wartime tale has an otherworldly quality that draws us into a gentle and increasingly haunting story"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "The inevitability of the loss of innocence and tragedy is a heavy burden for the audience to bear."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C "By the climax, which will tie your stomach in knots, Herman has turned Bruno into the innocent caught up in the nightmare and Jews into extras in his story."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 7/10 "Poignant and devastatingly sad - but over-the-top manipulative."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 2/10 "Contemptible awards-bait... The Holocaust deserves far more than this prim Masterpiece Theater treatment."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 59% Rotten Page   1