The Reader Comments

  • Kimberly 2023-09-11 09:22:29

    Kate Winslet is showing her ego in every frame and maintaining it in the most insane...

  • Caitlyn 2023-08-16 17:59:34

    This film fits all my...

  • Virgie 2023-07-23 11:22:22

    Love completes the...

  • Cary 2023-05-26 22:44:44

    "I still want someone to read it to me," she said. But it's all over. But clearly, love never...

  • Winifred 2023-05-10 01:55:17

    She burst into tears listening to the singing of the children in the church, but on the grounds of being loyal to her duty, she allowed 300 people to die. "It doesn't matter how I feel, what I think doesn't matter, the dead can't come back to life"; his love affair with her only lasted One summer at the age of 15, his incompetence completely changed his personality as an adult. He began to keep his mouth shut about his inner world. Facing Hannah's confession before her death, the daughter who...

  • Kaylie 2023-05-07 02:42:35

    Is knowledge really the slaying eternal...

  • Pearl 2023-04-14 22:44:55

    Naked Oedipus kate, why are you selling your boobs...

  • Raven 2023-03-22 19:15:02

    Age doesn't matter, true love?...

  • Hollis 2023-03-15 20:56:13

    There is no way to help the poor. ....

  • Oliver 2023-03-08 06:15:22

    in the background of the...

Extended Reading
  • Daphney 2022-04-23 07:01:33

    The Banality of Evil


    Here's a law student's reaction to the WWII guard's trial in The Reader.

    Student (angry) I used to believe in this trial. But now I think it's diversion

    Teacher: diversion from what?

    Student: They choose six women, and put them on trial. They say, they were the evil ones, they were the guilty ones....

  • Madalyn 2022-03-22 09:01:28

    l Reading aloud to life - "The Reader" film review (2)

    "The Reader" tells a love elegy that takes place in the context of war, from text reading to indulgence, and tangled for a lifetime: 15-year-old Michael Berger (David Krause) encounters a 36-year-old female train conductor Hannah (Kate Winslet), who later develops a secret love affair. Hannah likes...

The Reader quotes

  • Hanna Schmitz: Do you have a book?

    Michael: Yes, I have. I took one with me this morning.

    Hanna Schmitz: What is it?

    Michael: The Odyssey by Homer. It's my homework.

    Hanna Schmitz: We're changing the order we do things. Read to me first, kid. Then we make love.

  • Michael: [reading from "Lady Chatterley's Lover"]

    Hanna Schmitz: This is disgusting. Where did you get this?

    Michael: I borrowed it from someone at school.

    Hanna Schmitz: Well, you should be ashamed.

    [pauses]

    Hanna Schmitz: Go on.