The Reader ***1/2

'The Reader' starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and David Kross playing young Ralph Fiennes. All I really knew about it was that Kate was naked and there was reading going on.

It actually turned out to be a little better than I'd expected. Kate plays a 30 something woman who has a very inappropriate affair with a 15 year old boy. She disappears, but then reappears in his life later when he's in law school... and she's on trial for murdering 300+ people as a Nazi. She is convicted, even though you feel some sympathy for her. Fiennes' character remains drawn to her, even in love with her even after she is imprisoned. He finds a means of corresponding with her and loving her from a distance.

ALL of the performances here; Winslet, Fiennes and Kross were Oscar worthy performances. They all succeeded in evoking the emotion that actors struggle to attain. Very well done.

Don't let your kids watch it!!! She's naked and cavorting with a 15 year old!!!

But you should watch it. It's an interesting story and another side of Nazi Germany to think about. I love when a history lesson is involved!

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