The film is based on Zusak's best selling novel. The WW2 setting feels very relevant: a reminder that people & books continue to be suppressed in some parts of the World. However, there is little sense of threat or danger in the film, despite its Nazi backdrop -which devalues the original story and makes the film seem a little slow in places. It is beautifully shot though, and the characters endearing. But what really shines through is how words and books can save souls and heal wounds. An important message for our own dumbed-down, fast-paced, technology-driven, celebrity-based culture!
Kerry York
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