You know the story, of course. So the question is “how well will they tell it?”
This particular version has impressive performances by the female lead and Ben Kingsley.
The other characters seem peripheral – not bad, but not really good…”capable”.
It’s a little bit too teen-angst/cliche for me at parts in the beginning, but overall this is a pretty good movie. Nowhere near the power of ‘Schindler’s List’, but something I think should at least be given a chance.
Builds somewhat slowly after the capture – shows the gradual loss of anything that even resembles humane treatment.
Grade: C+