The biggest issue for me with this film is that it is not okay for any older adult to be having sex with anyone under the age of eighteen. I don't care if they want it. it's not okay. If it wasn't for the fact that she seduces a teenage boy then it would be a really good film but that entire plot line revolving mostly around that really put me off the film.
Having said that, for all the negative things in her character, the moment when she almost convinced me to side with her and when she almost convinced the entire room that it wasn't her fault and that she had no choice was unbelievable. One phrase and she had just won that round without trying, without wanting to clear her name or denying anything. It was an indescribable moment when she did that, everyone had to stop what they were doing and were left speechless- something rare to find in films. She took the award for it and she thoroughly deserved it. Sometimes I feel like she makes a bad choice with a film but actually she made a perfect choice with this film because even though it was an interesting film and I didn't particularly like it she took the character to another level and made it in a league of its own.
Ralph Fiennes just picks up the pieces and draws the film along nicely. He couldn't save her in the end and by the time we get to see him in real action most of the film is over because the film was mostly done by David Kross (War Horse). Kross won a lot of attention from this film and he was spectacular in his role as young Michael Berg. Seeing him turn into Ralph Fiennes was lovely, sometimes you can just see these things happening and sometimes you can't but this was the former and I do love it when casting is perfect in every sense.
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