- Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Brittany Murphy, Mimi Rogers, Paul Freeman, Louise Fletcher
- Directors: Donna Deitch
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Infinity
- DVD Release Date: 28 Jan 2008
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00115QGQU
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 33,420 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The most forgivable thing about this movie is that it wisely focuses on the psychological elements of the camp experience, rather than shock and gore. Also the accents provide some unintentional hilarity. That aside ...
I'm not sure which camp it's supposed to be, but there's no kapos, no selections, regular contact between male and female prisoners, everyone has decent haircuts, and the children seem healthy, as opposed to dead. For some reason I have no problem suspending my disbelief at someone going back in time to 1940s Poland, but I'm struggling to get my head round all the female prisoners wearing makeup. At best it could be seen as a so-so attempt to introduce youngsters to the theme. At worst, it's a maddeningly simple minded, badly researched embarrassment of a film. Shame.
I'm not sure which camp it's supposed to be, but there's no kapos, no selections, regular contact between male and female prisoners, everyone has decent haircuts, and the children seem healthy, as opposed to dead. For some reason I have no problem suspending my disbelief at someone going back in time to 1940s Poland, but I'm struggling to get my head round all the female prisoners wearing makeup. At best it could be seen as a so-so attempt to introduce youngsters to the theme. At worst, it's a maddeningly simple minded, badly researched embarrassment of a film. Shame.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I think this film is for teenagers who are learning about the holocaust but it leaves many questions unanswered, not least being how did the 'time travel' occur? I don't want to spoil this film for potential viewers because some of it was interesting and of course heartbreaking. Despite having some very good actors I just could not believe in the characters. I have also read the book (after seeing the film) and again the fact that it is written for the younger adult does come through. Perhaps I'm too old and know too much about this black part of history but if I was young and wanting to know about the holocaust it would be a good place to start as youngsters would be able to identify with the main characters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This film of Jane Yolen's book fills the gap which is often present in modern youth - what would it have been like if it was me in a nazi camp? Present day life is so far removed from this historic period that it's hard to imagine what it would have been like - and this surfaces in many (very funny) conversations between the girls from the past and the modern girl transported by some magic to the auschwitz death camp. In the camp the harsh reality of racial intolerance is dramatically experienced and ends with ... well, best not to spoil it! After seeing the film I'd recommend reading the book which has several aspects not in the film and is, in my opinion, even better.
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