very moving and powerfully told at times its pretty difficult to watch its very gripping though thought Kristin Scott Thomas did a good job but I was more impressed by the girl who played 'Sarah' old scars never really heal sometimes and thats what the film addresses taking some historical significance and letting it transcend to the audiences' emotions stories are meant to be told; they shape who we are and forge what we can become

What an amazing story. A definite tear-jerker at many times, but a movie that warms your heart at the end.

A gripping film, and for me, emotionally-draining , but then I had family who were swept-up in the Vel d'Hiv deportation and others who survived the Holocaust by masquerading as French farmers. And I adore Kristen Scott Thomas.

Very effective film highlighting the horrors of this historical period. Partially sub-titled. Streamed it on Kanopy and did have to re-watch sections to clarify characters as the film spans large periods of time. Never forget.

A really interesting and emotional movie. It's always difficult to see movies of this horrible period in history and this is no different except that the greatest sorrow of this movie does not unfold in the camps. Indeed, this movie unfolds its history decades later in a unique, but still emotional manner. I do recommend it to all - a very memorable story!

Absolutely incredible

Absolutely fantastic, stunning.

A harrowing tale of childhood trauma. A Jewish family's tragedy of forced separation and deprivation intertwines with the life of a modern family. A powerful movie based on a truth worth telling.

Love this movie. Love Kristin Scott Thomas. Very moving and sort of stuck in my head thinking of way back then.

Itâ(TM)s hard to face up to a historical wrong committed by your country, much less your own family. Very hard. And itâ(TM)s a broad spectrum from acknowledgement, to admission of wrongdoing, to educating such that itâ(TM)s less likely to happen again, to reparations. Unfortunately the feeling of shame or a defense mechanism prevents some from taking even the first step, and it brings a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach just thinking about it, for what may be obvious reasons (Iâ(TM)m American). This film tackles Franceâ(TM)s own involvement in rounding up Jews and their complicity with the Nazis after the Vichy government was installed, and I give it a lot of credit for that. The tale of a family of four ripped from their home is told largely in flashbacks, and the truth about the past is uncovered gradually by a journalist (Kristin Scott Thomas) whose husbandâ(TM)s family owns the home in the present. Itâ(TM)s bound to cause a few tears; among other things, the little boy is left behind, hidden away in a locked closet at the last minute, and there are scenes of great cruelty in the camp. There are many powerful moments of both courage and disgrace, but the film gives us nuance; in one piercing scene the journalistâ(TM)s challenges a younger pair who are appalled by saying âWhat would you have done?â? And in that moment we know that answering that is not simple, or even necessarily knowable. After all, what are we doing about the injustices we are aware of today? I was fascinated to find out what had happened to this family, the parents, the girl Sarah, and the little boy all those years ago, and thought the pacing of the film, with its stops and starts, matched the process of uncovering the truth through the mists of time well. Some of the moments which tugged on my heartstrings seemed a little canned, but the story as a whole was balanced, and the ways in which life played out and moved on in its myriad ways seemed realistic. I loved how the uncovering of truth was shown to cause pain and disruption in the lives of individuals in the present, which seemed to be a microcosm of the larger pain in French acknowledgment of these events. The clip of Jacques Chirac from 1995 is powerful, as are these words from the journalist: âWhen a story is told, it is not forgotten. It becomes something else, a memory of who we were; the hope of what we can become.â?

Gives a sense of humanity and yet another face to just one of the families whose lives were eviscerated by the holocaust. The fear, the slow powerlessness and being herded, to accept their fate without knowing how to fight back and win, desperation of the mothers whose children were separated from them, the beautiful young parents and children killed for no reason will haunt you. The story is original. The cleverness of survival..the unwilling peasants who save then love the Jewish child...mimics many true tales. And the great acting, the easy willingness to not take culpibility (all of Germany and every home was given the houses, the furniture...the possessions of the Jews and they still feed off it today..the families who blithely moved into Jewish apts without questioning y it was vacant..this is the reality everyone wanted to forget but we musnt.

Another page ripped from the trauma of the Holocaust which layers on the 온라인카지노추천 movie didacticism and suffers from insufficient debate about certain lines of script, but which also benefits from some top-drawer performances and an interesting, if sadly unsustained, child's eye perspective on French participation in Nazi atrocities.

Sarah's Key is effectively two dramas: a Jewish girl surviving the holocaust & modern day journalist desperately pursuing the truth about her. These two parallel storylines in Sarah's Key are hit and miss. The holocaust scenes are powerful; the modern day drama suffers a bit by comparison. The performances in Sarah's Key, however, are impeccable. Kristin Scott Thomas and the young actress playing Sarah are exceptionally good. Sarah's Key is visually absorbing & the film's strong characterisation keeps you emotionally invested. The spectacle is tense and impactful. The script in Sarah's Key is a bit inconsistent; it provokes fast paced animated action in the holocaust time period, though falls a bit flat in modern day scenes. Sarah's Key has a few plot holes here & there and would have benefitted without some unnecessary subplots, but neither detracts too much. Sarah's Key accurately & powerfully conveys the horrors of the holocaust and features great performances. A few minor faults.

An enjoyable surprise to view this film

Gripping, yet involved drama brings you into the torn hearts and lives of families during this horrific time of evil in history. I was surprised, though at times difficult, I will remember the story. Wonderful acting and plot line.

Plain, cliched & weak.

Well done and follows the book well.

Several countries had some dark pasts due to the events of WWII, and the movie sheds some light on some of what Vichy France had to deal with through the framework of this very personal movie. The young Sarah is a very good actress.

Kristin Scott Thomas is excellent as always, and the tale is worthy and harrowing. There are a lot of good bits but it's also a bit contrived and some of the interactions don't play out credibly.

Ce film était bon jusqu'à la scène où Julia retrouve la famille du mari de Sarah. Après ça, la plupart du film est en anglais, et tout le monde parle en clichés. C'était très évident. Chaque phrase était un cliché! Après le film, j'ai réalisé la raison: les écrivains sont français. Bien sûr qu'ils ne peuvent pas écrire en anglais. De toute façon, avant que l'anglais était très courant, j'aimais le film. Il y avait du suspense, une histoire intéressante, de l'émotion. Mais après la guerre avait fini, le film est devenu un grand cliché et moins intéressant aussi. Il était si mauvais, cette dernière heure, que le film est devenu pourri. La réalisation était très pauvre dans la dernière heure. Il venait de peut-être 80 au maximum à 50%. Dommage. This movie was good up until the scene where Julia meets the family of Sarah's husband. At that point, the rest was mostly in English and everyone just spoke in clichés. It was so blatant. Every sentence was a cliché! I realized the reason after it was over: the writers are French. Of course they can't write a movie in English. Before the English became prevalent, I enjoyed it. It was suspenseful, emotional, and an interesting story. But really, it was after the war ended in the flashback part of the story that the movie became one huge cliché and became less interesting. The last hour that it became rotten. The filmmaking was so poor in the last hour in every way. It went from a possible 80 at best to a 50%. How unfortunate.