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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...Depends for its powerful impact on why, and when, it transfers the film's point of view." more... B+ Los Angeles Times Sheri Linden "...An affecting drama that refuses to soft-pedal its harrowing conclusion." more... ReelViews James Berardinelli "The pervasive sense of oversimplification and contrivance left me unpersuaded that this is more than a minor take on a major historical event." more... C+ Rolling Stone Peter Travers "...The power of this Holocaust tale sneaks up and floors you." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas could be called a Holocaust movie, but it's one told from a different angle than any other Holocaust film I've seen. more... B   Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker "Well-intentioned Holocaust film bungles its message." more... C   USA Today Claudia Puig "...Another poignant tale to the canon of Holocaust movies." more... A- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)