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apple.com - 11/7/2008

Movie Trailers - The Boy In the Striped Pajamas

— apple.com — The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a fictional story that offers a unique perspective on how... prejudice, hatred and violence affect innocent people, particularly children, during wartime. Through the lens of an eight-year-old boy largely shielded from ... (more) Movie Trailers - The Boy In the Striped Pajamas

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rottentomatoes.com - 11/7/2008

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Reviews, Pictures

— rottentomatoes.com — Synopsis: Based on the novel by John Boyne, THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS is a wrenching... Holocaust story about a young German boy and his forbidden friendship with a Jewish child. Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is living a charmed life in Berlin as the son ... (more) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Reviews, Pictures

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reelzchannel.com - 11/4/2008

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) Movie Trailer, Review, Clips, Movie Times

— reelzchannel.com — David Thewlis With The Boy In The Striped Pajamas hitting theaters tomorrow, David Thewlis is on the... interview circuit, talking about the challenges of playing a Nazi officer whose eight-year-old son befriends a young concentration camp prisoner. It's ... (more) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) Movie Trailer, ...

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GreenCine Daily — ... ) draws beautifully modulated performances from his two child actors, who navigate a full range of emotions from wonder to betrayal to guilt," writes Chuck Wilson in the Voice. "In the end, their characters meet a fate so absurdly melodramatic that I cringed. A moment later, it occurred to me that the finale might just devastate - and educate - middle- and high-school-age audiences themselves only a little less naive than Bruno, who could do worse than have this earnest, well-made film be their first Holocaust drama." ...

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IFC.com - Indie Eye — ... at the Onion AV Club admits "It sounds ridiculous, and yet thanks to a remarkable concatenation of talent, it's horrifying rather than risible." Chuck Wilson at the Village Voice notes that while he first found the ending "absurdly melodramatic," "a moment later, it occurred to me that the finale might just devastate--and educate--middle- and high-school-age audiences themselves only a little less naive than Bruno, who could do worse than have this earnest, well-made film be their first Holocaust drama." (This smacks of the critical approach of "I don't like ...