Schindler's List Reviews

Undoubted Masterpiece.

Saving Private Ryan and E.T were probably the best films of their genre, but you can't measure the impact of this film against those, and to attempt to compare it to A.I. and Catch Me If You Can is simply just crass (sorry!). This film portrays the heart rendering suffering the Jewish populous of Europe had to suffer at the hands of the Nazis. It shows how they were tortured, maimed, abused and exterminated and leaves us wondering about the futility of it all. We can only be left trying to understand the fear and suffering that must have been felt during that time. Although these horrors can never be recaptured for real on film, this film is the next best thing to us as individuals trying somehow to vainly grasp what must have been felt. Think about it!

Simply a masterpiece

Schindler's List is simply a masterpiece of filmmaking.

Without a doubt the finest movie Steven Spielberg has ever made.

This chilling depiction of the treatment of Polish Jews during WWII will have a lasting effect upon all who watch it.

Telling the true tale of Oskar Schindler, a businessman and member of the Nazi Party, who tried to make his fortune by exploiting cheap Jewish labour, but ends up penniless by saving over 1000 Polish Jews from death during the holocaust.

A FILM EVERYONE SHOULD SEE

It's almost unreal when you watch this that it all happened only fifty or so years ago - what were the Germans thinking ! we'll take over the world and wipe out an entire race! This should never be forgotten and should be shown to school children when they are old enough to understand these appaling crimes.

[Highly rated reviewer]

the ending made you laugh???!!!

Ok customer from Bradford are you insensitive or what?

Don't tell me ET made you cry and not this film.

Spielberg tedium

A brilliantly acted interpretation of an important and highly readable book, seriously marred by directorial failures involving the lingering repetetive use of crowd scenes making for tedious viewing

Definitely a must-see

I first saw this film at the cinema with a friend. She was the only person in the cinema who didn't cry. When I asked her about this she told me (which I didn't previously know) that her parents had lived in and survived the Polish Jewish Ghetto in which the film is set and that she had grown up with the stories and the photos of what had really happened there. To her the film was simply a documentary of what she already knew. To me this demonstrates the authenticity that Stephen Spielberg has managed to capture in this masterpiece. Don't expect to be entertained. It is a harrowing experience watching this film, but one that you need to see if, like me, you are a post-war baby-boomer. It captures the horror of the second world war and all wars. On the short list of all time must see's.

A little disappointed

I must confess that I didn't watch all of this film. I watched part of it which undoubtedly, given the subject matter, was extremely moving, but it wasn't a film that I felt I just had to watch the remainder 'to see what happened,' unlike 'The Pianist' which I started to watch on a plane but landed half-way thro' (so inconsiderate of the pilot) - that film I just had to rent to see the end. Therefore I feel that Schindler's List just didn't quite do it for me. Don't get me wrong, there is no-one more sympathetic to this subject than myself and I have been in floods of tears whilst watching programmes of a similar vein but this one just disappointed slightly. Sorry, as I know it is extremely popular

I was glued to the screeen for 3 hours plus. So moving and ultimately uplifting I had trouble concentrating on driving the car home afterwards. A touch of genius. Everyone should see this film whatever their feelings about the holocaust.

A Masterpiece!

This film has a haunting presence that should never be forgotten. No fictional story could be more horrifying than watching these events which truly came to pass. The complete hatred of the Jewish people, the inhumane way in which they were treated and in their thousands and millions, slaughtered. To watch the utter destruction of a group of people for no reason other than a hatred started by a single man is a horrifying thing indeed. But that is why it is important to watch this true masterpiece of cinema. By seeing the story of Schindler, and the people he saved, we can discover that not all the people were evil, murdering nazis. Schindler made a real difference and by watching this film we can hope to understand what that truly means. Anyone who could watch this film without tears in their eyes cannot call themselves a true human. This film will haunt you forever, but that is not always a bad thing.

[Highly rated reviewer]

OVERRATED - ENOUGH!!

Watching it felt like the producer is shoving this movie down my throat and pushing the drama. i didn't like it.