They are trying to sell the film to the viewers but hell yeah they will not be successful. Actually the reader was one of the most depressing movies that I could not even watch with a kind of pleasure. Kate was good, BUT….

cried right now jst thinking of it

She should not have won for this performance

@netshopper: What a thoughtful comment. So much detail and rationale behind your statement. Hopefully you will bring this much thought to all of your comments on the site should you decide to stick around.

OMG! what a disingenuous ploy to catch audience!!!??? everything surrounding the film has been exactly that —fraudulent. its holocaust revisionism plot replete with factual errors; its bamboozle push to the oscars, dislodging other films from the 5th best picture spot; its actress' unfair win at the expense of more deserving nominees, ad nauseum…

"the reader" the film is not uplifting at all, but it's a masterpiece in weintein-winslet deception strategy.

Sorry but Kate should have not won for this movie. there was not real acting on her part i was awaiting. there was more love making scenes if anything. now if she won for playing an older lady then that too was bad she looks as it is but when the makeup people did her as an older person in prison her skin was very clear(not to say that old people do not have good skin) and it looked out of place with her hair it was to fake.