{"id":5707,"date":"2009-05-25T01:15:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=5707"},"modified":"2009-05-25T01:24:46","modified_gmt":"2009-05-25T00:24:46","slug":"uk-dvd-releases-monday-25th-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2009\/05\/25\/uk-dvd-releases-monday-25th-may-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD Releases: Monday 25th May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DVD PICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reader<\/a><\/strong> (EIV):\u00a0This adaptation of the\u00a01995\u00a0German\u00a0novel<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Bernhard Schlink<\/a>\u00a0follows a complicated love affair in the 1950s between a German teenager named\u00a0Michael Berg\u00a0(David Kross<\/a>) and a woman twice his age called Hannah\u00a0Schmitz\u00a0(Kate Winslet<\/a>). Years later as a law student he discovers a terrible secret about his former lover and struggles to deal with the repercussions of her actions in World War II.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is directed by\u00a0Stephen Daldry<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ralph Fiennes<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0plays Berg as an older man struggling to deal with his past. With a script by David Hare (who worked with Daldry on The Hours) this was always going to be an awards season contender, although some mixed reviews in the US and the UK might harm its word of mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is a well crafted and involving tale with three very solid performances from Winslet, Fiennes and Kross. Daldry and Hare have managed to preserve the knotty moral questions of the book – something which appears to have really riled critics of the film – and the cinematography from Roger Deakins and Chris Menges is first rate.<\/p>\n

The extras include:<\/p>\n