Devil's Arithmetic

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Summary: A Necessary Story
Review: This is my first review and I write it in response to the "Margaret" review listed earlier. This was a good, entertaining movie which I would recommend. Certainly it is a story that has been told before, this one is somewhat different as it presents a time travel element.

Because it is about Jews "the conspicuous people" as Margarert calls them, she deems this unnecessary viewing as other people have been hurt too.

The Nazi Regime and its allies deliberately murdured 6.6 million people, 5.9 million of those were Jews. These were not innocent civilians killed as a byproduct of a modern/mechanized war. Many millions of innocent civilians were killed as a result of bombing, shelling, and other sad aspects of war. That is terrible enough. These 6.6 million were robbed of their citizenship, property, and transported to industrialized killing centers in a preplanned methodically executed continental campaign to wipe out a people from existence. This had never happened before, and has not since on such a large scale.

Becuase these people were murdered specifically because of their religion, and have been victim to smaller yet perpetual atrociities through out history, makes it interesting. How can such a people endure?, yet they do. This is real life drama, and drama is what movie makers are looking for. That is why we see it portrayed so much in film.

Should we see the portrayel of other atrocities, yes we should, finally we are seeing some. Most recently the atrocities of mass murder are revelaed on screen in the well done "Hotel Rowanda" We still have seen much to portray the millions killed in Stalin's assassination machine and Russia is still trying to cope with its murderous recent history. But is it the "conspicuous people" fault we dont see this in the movies?

I agree any atrocitiy committed on any people is horrible, but to blame the Jews for being the victims of atrocities and monopolizing the media's portrayal of atrocities is the type of behavior that leads to more atrocities. Her views specifically lead to atrocities on Jews. For that reason we need to continue to show what happen to these people and must continue doing so.

So thumbs up for the Devil's Arithmetic

Rating:
Summary: GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: We were studying the Holocaust and WWII in World History, and we had to watch this movie in class. When our teacher said that Kirstin Dunst and Brittany Murphy starred, I immediately thought back to the chick flicks the girls had starred in. I thought the acting on their part would be horrible.
I was so very, very wrong. This movie is amazing, and I was near tears the whole thing. The acting was beautiful, and both Dunst and Murphy were simply wonderful.
I reccomend this to everyone, and you must go rent it or buy it at your local video store NOW. You will NOT be disappointed.