Watch The Lives of Others if you want hope. Watch The Piano Teacher if you want to feel hollowed out. And rewatch The Reader paying attention not to the affair, but to the moment middle-aged Michael reads aloud to the illiterate convict—that’s the whole thesis: We read to forgive, or to condemn?
: A melancholic, visually stunning drama about characters coming to terms with their inevitable fate and past connections. The Hours (2002) Movies Like The Reader
If you want the sweeping, romantic version of The Reader , this is your film. Watch The Lives of Others if you want hope