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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) befriends Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a boy who lives on the other side of the fence, where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
| Release Date: | November 14th, 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Running Time: | 93 minutes |
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| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Review by Movie Addict (8/15/2009) |
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One of the difficult things about life in the military is the fact that a promotion, especially at the higher levels, is usually accompanied by a transfer. This can be very hard on children, as they are constantly giving up their friends.
Bruno's (Asa Butterfield) father (David Thewlis) is a Nazi Officer and he is...
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| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Review by Mary (4/2/2009) |
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I finally got to see this movie tonight and it left me feeling sad and angry. Sad, because my heart ached for those two naive, innocent children and for all the men, women and children that actually suffered and died during this "WRATH". Angry, because of the evil, inhumane, and ruthless treatment incurred by the Jewish...
(complete The Boy in the Striped Pajamas review by Mary)
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Review by RONNIE (11/17/2008) |
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"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" This movie had excellent acting. This was a heart wrenching story of a Jewish boy in a German death camp who by chance, met a boy whose father played by (David Thewlis) was Commander in charge of the camp. In spite of being separated by barbed wire a relationship started between the two...
(complete The Boy in the Striped Pajamas review by RONNIE)
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie Review by Jarrod (11/13/2008) |
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Here is a movie that shows the Holocaust through the naive eyes of a child; actually the Holocaust is more like a backdrop for a tale of friendship between two young boys, one German, the other Jewish, who cannot grasp the enormity or horror of what is happening around them. Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is the son of an SS...
(complete The Boy in the Striped Pajamas review by Jarrod)
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