The Reader Movie

Rethinking The Reader

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Regina Weinreich

Critics have been poo-pooing The Reader for the love affair between a minor and older woman, and other reasons, but I say, look again.

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Reading The Reader

Annette Insdorf | Posted 05.25.2011

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Annette Insdorf

Michael functions as a metaphor for his generation: like post-war Germany, he is drawn to this secretive emblem of the past, then repulsed, and finally makes a wary accommodation.

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