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The Reader / 2008

Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.

7.5 / 10 (3,363 votes)
15
124 minutes
DIRECTOR Stephen Daldry
WRITERS David Hare
CAST Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz, Jeanette Hain, Hannah Herzsprung, Karoline Herfurth, Volker Bruch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Fabian Busch, Vijessna Ferkic, Susanne Lothar, Matthias Habich, Burghart Klaußner
PRODUCTION The Weinstein Company, Mirage Enterprises, Studio Babelsberg
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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

The Reader adalah sebuah Drama, Romance yang dirilis pada tahun 2008. “Behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know.” Film ini disutradarai oleh Stephen Daldry dan dibintangi oleh Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz.

The Reader menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, The Reader menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, The Reader adalah Drama yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

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CinemaSerf 7/10
June 6, 2022

David Kross is really effective in this tale of a young boy ("Michael") who encounters "Hanna" (Kate Winslet) as he shelters in her doorway from a rainstorm. In fairly short order, this fifteen year old boy becomes her lover; in return she gets him to read to her. He is soon infatuated and devastated when he turns up at her apartment one day to find her gone. Skip on thirty years or so and he - now Ralph Fiennes - takes over a retrospective of her story as we discover she was tried for being a particularly nasty Nazi prison...

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badelf 4/10
May 23, 2023

I didn't turn this movie off after the beautiful sex scenes only because two others were watching it with me. The mere fact that "Germans" were speaking English totally destroyed the whole "suspend disbelief" for me. This film is an awful rendition by Brits of an award-winning German book. Perhaps, only someone from the Nachgeborenen (to coin Bertolt Brecht's meaning of German post-Holocaust generations) should have made this film. The two stars are for Winslet and Kross. The rest sucks.

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Alunauwie 9/10
September 30, 2025

The Reader blends a controversial romance with post-war German guilt, presenting a layered, emotional story carried by powerful performances and thoughtful direction. Despite some logical gaps, the film succeeds in portraying personal and societal struggles through its characters' trauma and secrets. It’s a compelling watch for those drawn to slow-burning dramas with moral complexity. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

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