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I read and reviewed The Boy in Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne last month and recommended that everyone go out and buy a copy. Here’s a snippet from my review:

This is the story of Bruno – a nine-year-old boy who has to leave his beloved home – with five floors and a banister that you can slide down – to live in a house with only three floors in a place called Out-With. This is the story of Bruno – a nine-year-old-boy who doesn’t understand why he can’t go out ot play with the little boys who appear at the bottom of his garden. This is the story of Bruno – a nine-year-old-boy who goes out to explore one day and sees ‘a dot in the distance become a speck and that spot becomes a blob and that becomes a figure and that in turn becomes a boy in striped pyjamas.’

This is a story about a time in history most of us would like to forget – but that we should be forced to remember – and the terrible things that can happen when people keep secrets from each other…

The book is now making its way to the big screen – with a UK release date of September 12, 2008. Take a look at the trailer – I think they may do the book justice – though I’ll be sure to take a box of tissues if I go to watch it!

Book Review | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

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It's more about childhood...

Review Date: September 2, 2010

Reviewer: mother,

I think that this movie rather focuses on childhood and that the historic context is less important, yet very dramatic.
It is about the dangerous games children play, and it might have been set anywhere anytime where the grown-ups are in war.
Wonderful, shocking movie. I couldn't breathe at the end.

Moses, save my son.

Review Date: August 26, 2010

Reviewer: Cleo, USA

The title character is played by an Irish boy and he is just delicious but the main character is actually the German boy who supposedly is too "innocent" to realize his counterparts suffering and hunger but is a LOVELY little boy just the same because he supposedly does not abuse the prisoners who serve in his home "on campus." This movie makes me want to rewatch the youtube video "World War 2 explained by Inspired Kittens Girl" because let's see how YOU like it. YOU go down to Hell. You taste your own cooking. Eat it ALL DOWN.

Holocaust Movie Quietly Makes Its Point

Review Date: August 26, 2010

Reviewer: V. Martin, Maine

The film juxtaposed the beautiful with the ugly in a very quiet and intelligent manner. The holocaust was depicted more visually than with dialogue, I thought. There are several scenes which reminded us of the ghastly photographs of the holocaust. The music was beautiful but thoroughly haunting. We expected a sad ending but we were stunned when we saw it. My family sat in silence, heartsick with grief. This film makes its point of how sick and depraved a society can become. I feel this is an important film for all to see as it is one of the best films I've ever seen on the subject.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (DVD)

Review Date: August 13, 2010

Reviewer: Cheryle A. Streb, Rochester, NY

This movie is extradinary! Two children caught-up during WWII in Germany. One boy, Jewish, behind fences and in a camp; the other a German boy - both the same age. Neither understands anything that is going on. The German boy thinks the Jewish boy plays games in the camp because his has numbers on his pajamas. The two boys are so innocent. The ending will knock you socks off. You will be crying and yelling out loud "No, no, no way"!!! I give this movie 5 stars. One of the best, most heart-felt, movies I have ever seen; and believe me, I have seen almost every movie since I was 16 and I'm now 60. Buy it. You won't regret it. You will definitely learn more about life, people, children, horrible crimes, and the truth about the war.

Profound, but off kilter

Review Date: August 12, 2010

Reviewer: Jennifer, Las Vegas, NV

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is yet another take on the horrors of the holocaust. So many horrors, I'd venture to say, that a hundred more books and movies could be made about it. Although I was born in America and was never personally touched by the Holocaust, in a way I actually was. As a child I saw the horrific photos of piles of emaciated bodies lying in heaps and it colored my world. I think at that moment I knew how the world was and I became an Athiest on the spot and gratefully stayed one. I never want to believe in a God that would or could let that happen for any reason. It still bothers me when people (usually Christians or other religious people} think that God personally caters to them when there are people laying in the dirt somewhere starving to death. Same with the Holocaust. Why would God do this or that, but let the Holocaust happen? The ability to live your life with blinders on must be nice, but that is what happened on a monumental scale in Germany. And this film, as flawed as it is, is yet another chilling example of what happens when you do. The movie is well made. Great music, acting, attention to detail, except for one very glaring fact. Yes, it was set in Germany, but everyone has a distinct English accent. Even the strawberry blond evil Nazi youth has a distinct English accent, as do the Jews in the concentration camp. There isn't a German accent to be found anywhere. Maybe someone on the movie set had one, but no one in the movie does, which I think has a detrimental effect on the whole thing. I couldn't help but think about England during this period. They were being terrorized by Hitler too, yet the movie has the good guys and the bad guys all speaking with English accents. It was hard to get past and a little unsettling. English accents are, for lack of a better word, usually pretty. The actors accents gave the whole movie a genteel feel, which a Holocaust movie should never have. Funny no one who has reviewed this film mentioned the English accents because I kept waiting for the Nazis to have a tea party. It drained the movie of true menace and made it seem unrealistic. If it weren't for the performances of the two boys and the mother, the movie really could have sunk in my opinion... that is until the ending, which is absolutely chilling. I was stunned and had to recover from it. But afterwards it made me realize how badly I wanted what preceded it, to have even half the impact the ending does. It was so good, but it could have been nearly perfect with a little tweeking.

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10 Responses to “Aside | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Movie Trailer”

Delen Potter says:

March 1, 2010 at 8:23 pm

why are people so stupid to think their better than others. if the league of nations had stopped hitler than the holocaust would never have happend. im only a 15 year old girl (as of september of 2009) but i think that i would make a better leader and would make this world better because everyone deserves to be happy and to live out their life however they want.

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kristen says:

August 27, 2009 at 12:22 am

When i first heard i was supposed to read this book for the summer, i thought it was gonna be boring and stupid. but i was wrong. this book turned out to be a very interesting novel mainly because you had to figure it out by yourself. it made me want to read more of books like this. so i would reccommend this book to anyone who loves figuring out stuff

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zahra says:

May 2, 2009 at 8:30 pm

heyy x saw the film at school many people saiod CRAP but i thought the films ending was let off slightly but the book and film where almost identical it was very emotional and i cried buckets. the ending was sad but the whole film was great and the end just ended is wasnt really the day to day film witha happy ending but overall wow amazing terrific

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Joni says:

April 18, 2009 at 10:39 pm

I just watched this movie last night… it was amazing!!!!!! So sad!

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Amanda says:

March 25, 2009 at 6:17 am

I have not read the book, nor do I know if I am able, because books are usually more powerful than the movies, and the movie killed me. If you are in the mood to have your heart broke into tiny pieces, and the sick discomfort of how disgusting the nazis treated the jews, then watch this movie. Those times should never be forgotten or overlooked, because us humans are capable of far more unspeakable horrors, and hardenings of our hearts, than most of us care to remember in this rat race we call present day.

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