Rating of
3/4
Perhaps the hardest movie I tried sitting through.
Indyfreak - wrote on 09/16/14
I've actually yet to finish this movie because I find it so emotionally distressful. I've started it at least three times but I always stop at the halfway mark of its running time. The Holocaust was the greatest moral failure of the 20th century and among the worst crimes against humanity in recorded history. Schindler's List pulls no punches like later films such as Saving Private Ryan, Hotel Rwanda, and 12 Years A Slave in order to make modern audiences feel better about themselves. At the same time, it's a fantastic story with some of Steven Spielberg's finest directorial work to date as well as featuring Liam Neeson's best performance of his career. Ralph Fiennes is abit hammier than I'd expect him to be; there are scenes where he is so evil (accurate as it my be) that his character distracts from Oskar Schindler's story.
