Freeze Frame: A Snapshot Look at December Movies
By Lisa Collins, Hollywood.com Staff
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
The Reader
Genre: Adaptation, Drama, Romance
Release Date: December 10
Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Karoline Herfurth, Hannah Herzsprung, David Kross
Scoop: When he falls ill on his way home from school, 15 year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna (Winslet), a woman twice his age. The two begin an unexpected and passionate affair, only for Hanna to suddenly and inexplicably disappear. Eight years later, Michael (Fiennes), now a young law student observing Nazi war trials, meets his former lover again -- under very different circumstances -- as she is on trial for a hideous crime.
If a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, We Say: 'Doing it' with a piece half your age is "usually" a tacky sport reserved for wilting dudes in age-denial with a bit of money, power or something the young'un wants ... but what about females, when they cross the line? And rougher, when it involves a teen? Yes, Kate's Hanna needs to think hard -- and she's that actress to pull it off.
Snapshot Prediction: 4 out of 5 flashes
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