The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has greatly moved readers of the award-winning "children's" novel by John Boyne as well as viewers of the film directed and written by Mark Herman. Film critics have been moderately positive with rankings of 63% on Rotten Tomatoes and 55% on Metacritic as compared to a very strong 7.8 among film viewers on IMDB. In the IMDB poll of viewers 87% gave it a rating of 7 or higher. One of the harshest reviews from critics was from Manohla Dargis of the New York Times.

Manohla Dargis's Review

Compare it with Roger Ebert's very strong review in favour of the film.

Roger Ebert's Review

I'm hoping our audience will side with Roger's review.

For an example on how viewers have reacted consider the samples on the fine Canadian user review site: cinemaclock.ca.

Cinemaclock reviews

For many interesting details on the production of the film, read the production notes:
Boy in the Striped Pajamas Production Notes

Also included in the official website are these discussion notes:
Boy in the Striped Pajamas Discussion Notes

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Julian D.