
Flicks, Dominic Corry
Many people have read the book this film was based on. I haven't, yet I still found myself lamenting its stylistic adaptation choices, despite no knowledge of the source material. It's that kind of movie. Positioned as a prestige period picture – complete with a brutal setting (Nazi Germany), a literary metaphor, a doomed friend and a kindly foster parent (Geoffrey Rush) – The Book Thief fails to come alive for any sustained amount of time.
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