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| Title | The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas |
| Price | £4.98 |
| Manufacturer | Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm |
| Director | Mark Herman |
| Actor | Sheila Hancock |
| Actor | Jack Scanlon |
| Actor | David Heyman |
| Actor | Cara Horgan |
| Actor | Asa Butterfield |
| Review | This story of a young German boy whose father is 'promoted' to being in charge of a large concentration camp during war-time seems a little unreal (or glossed over) in parts. But it is being told thru the eyes of a child. The final 10-15 mins of the film made my heart plummet, and the end is truly shattering. I thought it was thought-provoking and also a film worth watching.. |
| Review | Films about the Second World War, and the events of the holocaust are by no means a rare thing . Many of them are touching and poignant, but none of them, so far as I know, have ever looked at the events throug the eyes of an 8 year old boy . 'The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas' however, based on the novel by Irish novelist John Boyne, presents the events to us from just that point of view .
Now, I read the book before seeing the film - in fact, it was adverts for the film that inspired me to read the novel- which I found funny, sad, and deeply moving. So I went into the film with some idea of what to expect - and yet the film still managed to knock me on my arse emotionally . Bruno lives a life of relative luxury, in a big old house with his mother, father, sister, and assorted servants. His dad is a well paid SS officer, his mum a stay at home housewife, and he himself is popular, with plenty of friends . His world is disrupted when his dad gets a promotion - suddenly Brun |
| Review | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a moving and enjoyable film - it is nothing like Schlinders List and other very brutal (and real to life)concenstration camps type movies - but his films focuses more of the German family than the Jewsish prioners inside the camp.
It is moving, with some hidden scenes of violence, with the SS Nazis attacking an elderly Jew for a most minor of mistake. The film portrays the ignorance of the German family whose father is in charge of the camp and how the 12 years old daughter goes from innocences into the flow of the Nazi propganda machine, much to the horro of her mother. The main theme is about Bruno, the 8 year old German boy, son of the camp boss who is bored and lonely and befriends a boy, Schumul in stripped pyjames on the other side of the fence. There are several twists and turns and the story unfolds very well and boys friendship develops into a tragic end. The film is good, moving and brings a new, though not 'authentic' twists o |
| Review | The setting of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is as grim as it gets, but the perspective is a magical piece of cinema. This is a hugely affecting film. Important, too. It engages with the complexity of the Holocaust in a language that can move children as profoundly as adults.
Bruno is the eight-year-old son of a Nazi officer, and the curious eyes and ears of Mark Herman's gripping story. When his father is promoted from a desk job in Berlin to commanding a death camp in the middle of nowhere, Bruno can't fathom the sudden frosty tension between his parents, or why he is forbidden to visit the strange "farm" with the electric fences. My only negative point is the frightfully English accents are way out of kilter for a film set in Europe, but you learn to live with it. Overall this is one of the most moving and remarkable films about childhood I've ever seen. |
| Review | Based on the book by John Boyne, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas didn’t really get the box office recognition it deserves on its theatrical release, struggling to find a foothold amidst a stampede of blockbusters. But this is a film that, surely, is ripe for discovery on DVD. Directed with care and diligence by Mark Herman, whose CV includes the excellent Brassed Off! and Little Voice, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is set during the Second World War, in and around a Nazi concentration camp. It tells its tale through the eyes of two young boys. One is the son of the camp’s commandant, while the other is wearing the striped pyjamas of the title. The two boys meet and ultimately befriend one another, and The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas tells the difficult story of their companionship. It does it extremely well, too, careful to understate proceedings and demonstrate a restraint that serves the subject matter well. It’s also quite a lean film, and one boa |