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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%, Metacritic 55/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 73% of the 3,351 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes65%
Metacritic55/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
7,845 audience votes
Key crew
- Mark HermanScreenplay
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Mark HermanDirector
Cast
- Asa ButterfieldBruno
- Vera FarmigaMother
- David ThewlisFather
- Rupert FriendLieutenant Kotler
- David HaymanPavel
- Jack ScanlonShmuel
- Amber BeattieGretel
- Sheila HancockGrandma
- Richard JohnsonGrandpa
- Zac Mattoon O'BrienLeon
- Domonkos NémethMartin
- Henry KingsmillKarl
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Themes
based on novel or booknazinationalismconcentration campworld war iigas chamberconcentration camp prisonerchildren in wartime
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