The Reader starts off almost like a German Summer of '42 except it's 1958 and it doesn't take place in the summer -- well, some of it does. My point is that, other than advance publicity of the film, you'd never know it had the serious overtones that eventually intrude into our midst.
It is also misleading in that Ralph Fiennes, one of the two top-lined stars of the film, is barely in it, while Kate Winslet, the other billed star...
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