The Reader 2008 Watch Free in HD

When he falls ill on his way home from school, 15 year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. Nearly a decade later, he re-encounters Hanna as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.

Genre:

Romance, Drama

Actors:

Ralph Fiennes, Jeanette Hain, David Kross, Kate Winslet, Susanne Lothar, Alissa Wilms, Florian Bartholomäi, Friederike Becht, Matthias Habich, Frieder Venus, Marie-Anne Fliegel, ...»

Director:

Stephen Daldry

Country:

United States

Release:

2008

IMDb:

7.6

Quality:

Duration:

124 min

I.E. Weekly

An airless vacuum labeled Serious Film

January 08, 2009

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Suite101.com

A decades-spanning drama that dives into the slippery human nature of lust, manipulation, retribution and doubt. "The Reader" is a phenomenally tragic story of people eternally connected, never knowing whether it's by true love or unshakable regret.

September 17, 2010

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The Aristocrat

The film's exploration of the Holocaust's fallout on subsequent generations is harrowing.

September 29, 2012

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

If Winslet carries the complex psychological intrigue of the film on her shoulders, David Kross carries the heart of it on his.

April 08, 2009

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IGN DVD

Manipulative and flawed, but interesting and occasionally moving.

October 20, 2010

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Dallas Morning News

The Reader is a bold and provocative film and one of the most exquisite of 2008.

December 30, 2008

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What Culture

A film that will haunt you for months with its fleeting and subtle examinations on morality, love and guilt.

March 24, 2011

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Time Out

Its issues are infinite and moveable. It's a bold and challenging work.

January 05, 2009

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Denver Post

The trial's outcome leads us into a third act that continues to give renewed, rending meaning to the movie's title.

December 30, 2008

American Profile

A holocaust movie with a deep, twisting dive into a dense tangle of thorny moral, ethical, situational and emotional issues.

September 28, 2011

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Variety

Stephen Daldry's film is sensitively realized and dramatically absorbing, but comes across as an essentially cerebral experience without gut impact.

July 06, 2010

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