Saturday, 27 December 2014

The Reader (2008)


*SPOILER ALERT*

Don't believe the poster: this is a very dreary drama, not a provocative thriller, that asks audiences to sympathise with a paedophile serving life in prison for war crimes she considers less abhorrent than illiteracy.

★★☆☆☆

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