I didn't cry at all during most part of the movie, just the last 10-15 minutes are... ;_; most tearjerking.
Very sad Movie, but it shows the cruelty of German soldiers on the Jews in the time of the criminal Hitler
Exceptionally dark and sad movie. The two boys in this movie are very impressive actors and break your heart by the end of it.
Very heavy, good movie though
Watched this as a child during high school and can not recall it having as much of an impact as it did now. The small things in the film such as the smoke, that I now understand are just heartwrenching. The innocence of the children/women because they weren't trusted with information and the disgusting way that these people were actually treated is sickening. The film was a good movie, but what it depicted was horrendous. But I'm glad we have media like this to educate the new generations of our errors.
Very touching and hard to watch. It is jewel. Very good.
The very stupidly and harmful film. Totally out of any facts. It's rather a fairy tale than film. Harmful for the Memory of Jewish people. It would be NEVER possible to talk through the camp ropes! The ropes were under electricity. The Jewish were skinny Couse if lack of food. The dead bodies there were around. And the film is just a tale, telling how German boy speaks to the quite good looking Jewish little boy, gave him food etc. Terrible and Harmful to the FACTS.
Well, damn... I didn't expect that ending at all.
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How do you tell a tale that's been told thousands of times before, orally passed down from survivors, researched and written about in hundreds of books, and put to film multiple times? You have to find another way in, to reach future generations and those right now, who are sadly forgetting the horrors that occurred, and many of whom can't even explain what the Holocaust was. Yes, the writer has "glossed over" the graphic impact of skeletal victims, cattle cars, mass graves, and firing squads, to tell a quiet, but no less devastating version of the story, as seen through the eyes of two 8 year old boys, One, with his family, the Father who has been "promoted" to run an unnamed "work camp", his sister, and mother who may not know as much as we assume, but slowly come to realize the full extent of the evil they are in the midst of. The other is on the camp side of the electrified wire, helping the older "farmers" as they build a hut, seen from afar by the Commandant's son from his second story window, and finally meeting face to face when the young boy goes exploring. Yes, it is a bit of a reach, but, it is the "In" to an examination of how people, before the era of 24/7 information inundation, could be told what to believe, even to the point of ignoring what they were seeing with their own eyes, especially when it involved loved ones and immediate acquaintances. Yes, it is heart wrenching to watch innocence manipulated and lost, just as it is to contemplate how such evil could be regarded as normal and acceptable. Even more so as the horror isn't as much graphic, as it is palpable when you see the terrible realization dawning in the eyes of 2 young boys, a mother, and yes, even the Father as he sees what his "solution" has wrought.
Such a powerfull movie with great messages and one of the best ending scenes ever.You have to watch this 9.3/10
Perfectly weighted film in every way, from pace to acting and all framed with a wonderful score. The subtlety of the looks passing between the actors and a finale that ensured silence until the final credit rolled.
Mostly "meh", decent ending
Realy good Movie but a German version would have much more Impact.
Not convinced this is a greatly made movie, but it sure does pack a punch!
'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' makes for good viewing for the majority, though that ending really is quite something - startling in fact, and that's even with me sensing it. The aforementioned is because, as well as the way the film builds in general, I'm pretty certain I watched this at high school; just not sure if it was snippets or the whole thing, the fence scenes are the only ones I vaguely recall seeing.
The low acting level of the youngsters did take me out a bit, no dislike to Asa Butterfield and Jack Scanlon, obviously, but they aren't the best. Though they aren't helped by the dialogue for them, which doesn't feel natural at all. It's written in a way that is simply to tell the viewer about what's happening. The adult actors are great, though. Vera Farmiga stands out, though David Thewlis, Rupert Friend and David Hayman merit a mention too.
All in all, it's a good film - and one that is distressingly unforgettable thanks to that one moment.
The lower ratings and a couple of the comments are obviously from dumbasses that know nothing about history. While this is FICTIONAL, the house was an actual concentration camp commandant's quarters in Poland. He did have his family there with him. The only thing unbelievable really is any Nazi child wouldn't have been fully brain washed by 8 years old. They were expected to turn in their own parents, which also is addressed in the movie.
But this takes it to a different level, at the core, that all our actions against each other will come to hear upon ourselves. it's poignant. It covers a range of the Nazi atrocities, against the Jews, the propaganda films, how Nazi children were quickly indoctrinated (the sister), how some Germans even though they did know (covered with the mother) did little to stop it, how the Nazis were expected to honor Hitler even in the death of their own family members, how it forced people to turn even on each other in order to not be or have family members exposed, etc etc etc. There's just so much added in without feeling rushed to the end. It's very well done.
There was one inconsistent point. The doors were never sealed by the prisoners. We know this was always done by Nazis, because that's how they made sure the camp prisoners never knew exactly what was going on. It was all grotesquely efficient that way.
9.9/10
Interesting. But far too many critical impossibilities in this movie for me.
People to people dealt this fate.
Certainement un bon film mais le doublage français empêche de rentrer pleinement dans le film. A voir en VO donc, j'imagine.
Friendship turned into horror. Beautiful child performances. Beautiful cinematic photography. Movie had me in tears at the end. However, through the majority of the film, I was just bored, kind of knowing that there would be a tragic ending. There are better movies than this one. This is simply a more child-friendly holocaust film. 7/10
Tears. The acting is sublime. A story that truly reflects the horrors of what happened in the Second World War. Shout out to Asa Butterfield, Rupert Friend, and Vera Farmiga. Severe heart-break warning.
Bruno like Bruno Tesch ;)
Nice but disappointing. Go read the book, it's better.
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A great movie. I've cried so much throughout the movie. If you don't find it touching then I am sorry, you don't have a heart. I recommend watching it, but prepare your tissues.