The Reader is about a young man in West Germany named Michael Berg (David Kross) who ends up in a sexual relationship with bus attendant Hanna (Kate Winslet). Michael is on his way to becoming a lawyer, but becomes enthralled with this older woman who loves for him to read to her. There paths cross again years down the road as an older Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) observes her war crimes trial. Apparently this cougar he was bathing with was a Nazi prison camp guard. He reconnects with her through his own kind of books on tape.The Reader is a finely acted film with the standouts being David Kross, Ralph Fiennes, and Kate Winslet with Winslet winning an Oscar for this film. They're all great in this. The problem is that the film is dull as hell and very predictable. I went into this knowing nothing about it and guessed the two key plot points about the mysterious Hanna during the first thirty minutes. This film is your basic erotic, fascist after school special that really was about trying to get awards. A very dull film that bored be to tears. I just don't even want to think about this one anymore.
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