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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
28/09/08
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
10:06:59 am, Categories: Day To Day Myself and my girlfriend decided to go to the cinema yesterday. There was, in the end, some discussion over what we would actually see. She didn't particularly want to see Tropic Thunder (but I still do, so if anyone out there fancies going with me, do make yourself known) and I wasn't entirely in the mood for a film about day-to-day life in Brazil. (Linha De Passe)
The original plan was to go and see I've Loved You So Long, a French film which looked fairly existentially angst ridden, but not too documentary-like. However, we experienced trouble finding anywhere where that on was being shown, so wandered idly into the cinema listings in search of something else.
Taken was discussed, but the reviews were terrible and the film looking wince-inducingly generic to me. And, to cut a long discussion short, we ended up settling on The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas.
And it's very good, nicely filmed and, especially considering it basically turns on the performances of two or three child actors, well acted as well. The period touches are well set-up and it plays nicely with the child's perspective, only telling us what he can see and letting us fill in the blanks based on what we know ourselves.
Oh, and it's about the Holocaust, so as one might expect, it's not always the most cheery, upbeat of movie experiences. In fact, even by Holocaust-movie standards, this film gets... horribly depressing at times. Don't say I didn't warn you.
But if you're in the mood for a slightly upsetting movie about a young boy who lives next door to a concentration camp, then get involved with this one. It's thoroughly well-done.
And then we came home and watched an episode of Coupling in order to cheer ourselves up. Oh, that wacky Jeff.
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