Freeze Frame: A Snapshot Look at November Movies
By Lisa Collins, Hollywood.com Staff
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Genre: Adaptation, Comedy, Satire
Release Date: November 7
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Zac Mattoon O'Brien
Scoop: An eight-year-old German boy (Asa Butterfield) sees the nearby concentration camp as a ‘farm’ and wonders why its inhabitants are always wearing striped pajamas. Eventually he becomes friends with a Jewish boy his own age who lives on the other side of the fence.
If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, We Say: Jumping across the divide, we can always learn more than if we stay in the same place. We're curious to step back in time with two boys who are creating a larger bridge to the other's world than they even realize.
Snapshot Prediction: 4 out of 5 stars
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