The Reader
From NetFlix:
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Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) reflects on the formative sexual relationship he had with older woman Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet, in a Golden Globe- and Oscar-winning role) as a young teenager in this poignant drama set in post-World War II Germany. The passionate affair ended when Hanna disappeared. But years later, Michael learns she's on trial for horrific Nazi war crimes. David Kross plays the teenage Michael in this film based on Bernhard Schlink's best-seller.
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7/10 A good story. My wife expected it to be another Holocaust movie, but wound up liking it. There was a bit of skipping around between eras but not so much that you lose track or interest.
Kate Winslet gets naked several times. I like how she doesn't hide behind makeup, lighting or body doubles and has not seemingly resorted to plastic surgery to fit what people expect to see in movies. She looks very natural.