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FilmPG-132008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Directed by Mark Herman
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls. From TMDB
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2008 drama war history film, directed by Mark Herman, starring Asa Butterfield, Vera Farmiga and David Thewlis.
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- posts span Feb 15, 2024 to Nov 1, 2026
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25 of 25 · most liked firstYeah, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas really is an almost offensively naive portrayal of the Holocaust, and that Boyne got plaudits and a film deal for it was a bad sign to start with.
negative · AI labelView post →The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) dir. Mark Herman 🎬 #filmsky #moviesky #holocaustmemorialday
neutral · AI labelView post →Every time I read about ICE's inhumane actions, and the agency's own messages, which try to convince people that ICE officials have families and feelings too, I always think of this film: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (film) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy...
neutral · AI labelView post →When I say I have no preference in what to watch, I mean it. This weekend we watched: ★ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) ★ Life is Beautiful (1997 Italian film) ★ Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) ★ 100 Days my Prince (2018 Korean Drama/Romance) ★ YouTube 📢 Suggest me next weekend's entertainment
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, I think (speaking only in terms of the film adaptations as I haven't read either book) The Zone Of Interest does what The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas thought it did
neutral · AI labelView post →That pic resonates of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and the end of that book/ film just tears my heart out.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my happiest moments was an "I don't read books" boy retaking GCSE English. Set text was The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. Watched the film one lesson. Next day he said he'd liked the film, but the book was better. Proper lightbulb moment for him. Just brilliant!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Because if the Holocaust Museum publicly denounce a book and the author argues with them 1) a film of it doesn't need to exist and 2) said author shouldn't get another pay day
neutral · AI labelView post →11. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas... uhhh. Um. The movie had great lighting, gorgeous sets & costumes, and good performances from the actors all round. I really felt it when the little nazi boy disappeared. 😬
neutral · AI labelView post →The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) Nevermind the fact that the plot of this movie wouldn't even happen with the fuck ton of historical inaccuracies, I have no idea who the target audience is. You just cannot tell a Holocaust story in an innocent manner like this movie did. You just can't. 1/5
negative · AI labelView post →It turns out that I do know The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, but only as a movie that I didn't want to see.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m reminded of the movie “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, even though it is a work of fiction. Fiction can become reality so easily. Those that are allowing this barbarism to flourish are testing fates hand. They will reap what they have sown as that saying goes. Sad days ahead for all.
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★★ review of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas on Letterboxd boxd.it/8IiNub
positive · AI labelView post →add “between my legs” to a movie title The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas between my legs
neutral · AI labelView post →Summary: 2/10: well-acted, handsomely made, and morally inverted, a film so intent on manufacturing sympathy for a commandant's family that it forgets, or worse, quietly excuses, whose deaths it was supposed to be mourning. I haven't read John Boyne's novel, so I can't tell you where the book's failures end and the film's begin. I can only tell you what arrived on screen, and what arrived on screen is a Holocaust memory film that gets the craft right and the moral geometry catastrophically…
negative · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Drama Movies Released on November 26! What's your fave? 1. High and Low 2. Wolf Children 3. The Theory of Everything 4. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Check out all 35 movies released on this day at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film #Drama
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 Top 4 Movies Released on November 26! What's your fave? 1. High and Low (1963) 2. Wolf Children (2013) 3. The Theory of Everything (2014) 4. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) 35 movies released today! Check them out at https://todayinmovies.com #TodayInMovies #Movies #Film
neutral · AI labelView post →As an act of protest, every TV station should be showing movies that depict the horrors of fascism. Movies like schindlers List, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Pianist and Life is Beautiful. They should be a reminder that these crimes should never be repeated.
neutral · AI labelView post →I never read the novel of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, though I did watch the film, which was amazing and terrifying. The trouble history is when it repeats!
positive · AI labelView post →with the hope that for the ICE families it does not end as the "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Doing a new thing where I’m watching popular movies I haven’t seen. Decided to watch The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Went in completely blind. Didn’t even know it was a WWII movie WHAT. THE. FUCK 😭😭😭
positive · AI labelView post →🏆 You've made it! (Round #10) This is the time you've been waiting for! Congratulations on achieving 100% of score! There have been 1 attempts from all of you! The movie was: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. The next round starts in 30 minutes (06/09/2024, 08:34AM UTC).
neutral · AI labelView post →Not convinced this is a greatly made movie, but it sure does pack a punch! 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' makes for good viewing for the majority, though that ending really is quite something - startling in fact, and that's even with me sensing it. The aforementioned is because, as well as the way the film builds in general, I'm pretty certain I watched this at high school; just not sure if it was snippets or the whole thing, the fence scenes are the only ones I vaguely recall seeing. The low…
positive · AI labelView post →The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) is NOW REVIEWED and available on #mackansfilm.org | #TheBoyintheStripedPyjamas #Miramax #Auschwitz #AsaButterfield #Warmovies http://mackansfilm.org/2024/04/24/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas-2008/
neutral · AI labelView post →366 Days of Film. Day 46 - The Zone of Interest. Every few years a movie reminds us of the monstrous Nazi. Schindler's List, Life is Beautiful, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. None come as close to showing the orchestration & cold-bloodedness of what it means to kill & turn to ash 17 million humans.
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