Awesome war story. Enjoyable war movie about 2 children, one who is unfortunately a Jew and the other luckily a son of a Nazi officer. Nice to see the friendship between them. I was shocked and sad at the end of the movie nevertheless I've seen many war movies.

"At once too historically removed from its subject and too hysterically committed." - Andrew Schenker

Simple but affecting drama that provides a new spin on the frankly saturated holocaust genre. Critics might moan the relationship between Bruno and Schmuel isn't built up enough to make the twist fully plausible, but they'd be forgetting (amongst Asa Butterfield's surprisingly mature acting) that our protagonist is only eight years old, subject to Nazi propaganda, out 'exploring'. Virtually nothing in cinema shocks me these days but the final minutes of this picture left me speechless.

Really strong ending...

Pretty straightforward, you know what's going to happen from the beginning. The main drawback of the film are the English speaking Germans. They even have different British accents, ridiculous. But overall it's an enjoyable film and somewhat touching.

One of the most forced and cliched endings.