Asa Butterfield looks so innocent in this film playing Bruno you can hardly believe his dad is a high ranking SS officer and commandant of a concentration camp. Bruno doesn't even wear a Hitler Youth uniform. Both he and Jack Scanlon, as the boy of the title, play their parts very well.

In the scene where Shmuel cleans the glasses in the commandant's house, apparently Scanlon was genuinely scared on set of the young Nazi officer telling him off !

Nicely crafted film with a shock ending.

My Movie Rating: 8 / 10

The movie is better than the original novel.

My Movie Rating: 9 / 10

I am a patriot. I would even call myself a nationalist, by which, however, I don't mean that I have the slightest sympathy for the mass murder and destruction the Nazis brought over Europe. What I do mean is that I love my home, my country, and I do have respect for the ordinary Nazi soldiers who did not participate in the Holocaust, were mostly unaware of what was going on and thinking that they were sacrificing their youth and their lives for a just cause, deceived by a radical regime that preyed upon their loyalty and patriotic zeal - like my grandpa, who fought in Stalingrad. I reject the notion of all soldiers and all Nazi supporters being guilty of mass murder. While being fully aware of the horrid crimes my ancestors committed, I still try to see them as human beings, with all their good and bad traits.

This movie, however, makes me once again aware of the extent of the crimes committed in the name of my ancestors. I found myself wondering "why". Why on Earth did this have to happen. Why on Earth did those responsible not only commit these crimes, but also impose eternal guilt on us, on posterity. What made them discard their humanity and allow their hearts and souls being filled with the darkest evil that had come directly from the gates of hell.

This movie tells a brave story, a story that must be told ever and ever again. Seeing all of this through the eyes of a child makes it even more painful to watch and reveals the whole scope of the crimes the Nazis committed.

My Movie Rating: 9 / 10

I second that motion Swede. My sentiments exactly. Definitely see this film and see it with your kids as they are going to be the next leaders of the world and it is up to them to see to it that this sad chapter of human history is never allowed to repeat itself.

My Movie Rating: 9 / 10

This is a very powerful story which follows the book quite well. Asa does a beautiful, fantastic job! I sure hope we get to see him in some more films before long!

My Movie Rating: 9 / 10