The Reader/YMMV

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


"I don't think we really need another film about the Holocaust, do we? It's like, how many have there been, you know? We get it. It was grim. Move on. No, I'm doing it because I've noticed that if you do a film about the Holocaust you're guaranteed an Oscar."

    • Ricky Gervais pointed this out while hosting the Golden Globes that year. "Well done Winslet, I told ya, do a Holocaust movie, the awards come, didn't I?"
  • What an Idiot!: Hannah would rather take a life sentence than admit to the court that she cannot read.